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Detection of Plasmodium vivax in a child returning from India by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Plasmodium vivax is a common cause of imported malaria in the USA, second only to P. falciparum. We present a case of P. vivax malaria in a child returning from India. P. vivax was initially diagnosed by standard methodology and detected retrospectively by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using a panel of primers designed to detect vector-borne pathogens. This is the first reported case of P. vivax detection using PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

Source: Emerging Microbes & Infections

DOI: 10.1038/emi.2012.49

Authors: Megan A Rounds, Christopher D Crowder, Charles W Stratton, David J Ecker, Mark W Eshoo, Yi-Wei Tang

Institutions: Abbott (United States), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,643