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18803428

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are critical factors in reducing morbidity and mortality, as delayed treatment of malaria increases the risk of death. Microscopy has long been the standard of malaria diagnosis, but newer diagnostic tests now offer advantages in certain settings. Malaria diagnosis is complicated by the fact that acquired immunity to malaria can result in asymptomatic infections. In a symptomatic (febrile) patient, no existing malaria diagnostic test can distinguish malarial illness from parasitemia with concomitant fever of another cause. In this review we discuss the available malaria diagnostic tests, appropriate applications for each, and the challenges of malaria diagnosis in both endemic and non-endemic settings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1177-1062
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
299-306
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis of malaria: challenges for clinicians in endemic and non-endemic regions.
pubmed:affiliation
United States Public Health Service, Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review