Quantification of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 in cerebrospinal spinal fluid from cerebral malaria patients.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on June 30, 2014

Authors

Kei Mikita1, Kiran Thakur1, Nicholas M Anstey1, Kim A Piera1, Carlos A Pardo1, J Brice Weinberg1, Jackson Mukemba1, Salvatore Florence1, Esther D Mwaikambo1, Donald L Granger1, David J Sullivan2

Author Affiliations

1: W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia; Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin Australia; Duke University and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina; Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; University of Utah School of Medicine and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2: W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia; Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin Australia; Duke University and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina; Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; University of Utah School of Medicine and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah dsulliv7@jhmi.edu.

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