Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test to Identify Plasmodioum knowlesi Infection

Thomas F. McCutchan; Robert C. Piper; Michael T. Malkler

doi:10.3201/eid1411.080840

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Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test to Identify Plasmodioum knowlesi Infection

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Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test to Identify Plasmodioum knowlesi Infection

Thomas F. McCutchan, Robert C. Piper and Michael T. Malkler

Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.14(11), pp.1750-1752

11/01/2008

DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080840

PMCID: PMC2630758

PMID: 18976561

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Abstract

Reports of human infection with Plasmodium knowlesi, a monkey malaria, suggest that it and other nonhuman malaria species may be an emerging health problem. We report the use of a rapid test to supplement microscopic analysis in distinguishing the 5 malaria species that infect humans.

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Title: Subtitle: Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test to Identify Plasmodioum knowlesi Infection
Creators: Thomas F. McCutchan - NIAID, Lab Malaria & Vector Res, NIH, Rockville, MD 20892 USA
Robert C. Piper - Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
Michael T. Malkler - Flow Inc, Portland, OR USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.14(11), pp.1750-1752
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080840
PMID: 18976561
PMCID: PMC2630758
NLM abbreviation: Emerg Infect Dis
ISSN: 1080-6040
eISSN: 1080-6059
Publisher: CENTER DISEASE CONTROL
Number of pages: 3
Grant note: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ZIAAI000208 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA Division of Intramural Research; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
Language: English
Date published: 11/01/2008
Academic Unit: Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Medicine Administration; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984297601002771

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