Comparative evaluation of fluorescent in situ hybridization and Giemsa microscopy with quantitative real-time PCR technique in detecting malaria parasites in a holoendemic region of Kenya

BACKGROUND: Early and accurate diagnosis of malaria is important in treatment as well as in the clinical evaluation of drugs and vaccines. Evaluation of Giemsa-stained smears remains the gold standard for malaria diagnosis, although diagnostic errors and potential bias estimates of protective effica...

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Published in:Malar J
Main Authors: Osoga, Joseph, Waitumbi, John, Guyah, Bernard, Sande, James, Arima, Cornel, Ayaya, Michael, Moseti, Caroline, Morang’a, Collins, Wahome, Martin, Achilla, Rachel, Awinda, George, Nyakoe, Nancy, Wanja, Elizabeth
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525264/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28738868
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1943-4
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