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8571678

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-7
pubmed:abstractText
The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in children and adults living in a malaria-endemic area in Papua New Guinea was determined by microscopy and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The sensitivity of detecting P. falciparum infections increased two-fold with PCR. Undetected infections by microscopy were more frequent in adults (including adolescents) than in children. Detecting this subpatent parasitaemia by PCR resulted in an equal P. falciparum prevalence in children and adults; in children the parasitaemia rate increased from 32% to 48% and in adults from 23% to 47%. In more than 50% of all blood samples positive for P. vivax and P. malariae an underlying P. falciparum infection remained undetected by microscopy. The introduction of PCR has opened up new possibilities in malaria diagnosis and research.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-1480
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The use of the polymerase chain reaction for more sensitive detection of Plasmodium falciparum.
pubmed:affiliation
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't