Molecular Detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in a Dutch Traveler by Real-Time PCR

ABSTRACT Plasmodium knowlesi infection with low parasitemia presents a diagnostic challenge, as rapid diagnostic tests are often negative and identification to the species level by microscopy is difficult. P. knowlesi malaria in a traveler is described, and real-time PCR is demonstrated to support fast and reliable diagnosis and identification to the species level.

Verfasser: Link, Lonneke
Bart, Aldert
Verhaar, Nienke
van Gool, Tom
Pronk, Marjolijn
Scharnhorst, Volkher
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Reihe/Periodikum: Journal of Clinical Microbiology ; volume 50, issue 7, page 2523-2524 ; ISSN 0095-1137 1098-660X
Verlag/Hrsg.: American Society for Microbiology
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.06859-11