Comparison of diagnostic methods for the detection and quantification of the four sympatric Plasmodium species in field samples from Papua New Guinea.

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Published in Malar J on December 14, 2010

Authors

Anna Rosanas-Urgell1, Dania Mueller, Inoni Betuela, Céline Barnadas, Jonah Iga, Peter A Zimmerman, Hernando A del Portillo, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Ingrid Felger

Author Affiliations

1: Papua New Guinea Insitute of Medical Research, Madang 511, Papua New Guinea. anna.rosanas@pngimr.org.pg

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluating the Efficacy of Chloroquine for the Treatment of Plasmodium Vivax Infections in Central Vietnam | NCT02610686

P. Falciparum Resistance to Artemisinin in Vietnam | NCT02604966

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