Performance of a highly sensitive rapid diagnostic test (HS-RDT) for detecting malaria in peripheral and placental blood samples from pregnant women in Colombia

ABSTRACT: Background: Pregnancy poses specific challenges for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection due to parasite sequestration in the placenta, which translates in low circulation levels in peripheral blood. The aim of this study is to assess the performance of a new highly sensitive r...

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Autores:

Vásquez Cardona, Ana María
Medina, Ana Catalina
Tobón Castaño, Alberto
Posada Vélez, Maritza Paola
Vélez Tobón, Gabriel Jaime
Campillo, Ana
González, Iveth J.
Ding, Xavier

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2018

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/23071

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/10495/23071

Palabra clave:

Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria
Embarazo
Pregnancy
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Diagnóstico
Diagnosis

Rights

openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/