ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2011
Diagnosis of gestational, congenital, and placental malaria in Colombia: comparison of the efficacy of microscopy, nested polymerase chain reaction, and histopathology.
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- Frequency of gestational malaria and maternal-neonatal outcomes, in Northwestern Colombia 2009-2020.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Submicroscopic infection of placenta by Plasmodium produces Th1/Th2 cytokine imbalance, inflammation and hypoxia in women from north-west Colombia.Malaria journal · 2014Article
- Prevalence of gestational, placental and congenital malaria in north-west Colombia.Malaria journal · 2013Article
- Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasitemia in a malaria-endemic setting: performance of a new loop-mediated isothermal amplification kit in a remote clinic in Uganda.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2013Article
- The Effects of Plasmodium vivax Gestational Malaria on the Clinical and Immune Status of Pregnant Women in Northwestern Colombia.Colombia medica (Cali, Colombia) · 2013Article
- Molecular detection of malaria at delivery reveals a high frequency of submicroscopic infections and associated placental damage in pregnant women from northwest Colombia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2013Article
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Abstract
The technical capability of different methods to diagnose Plasmodium in maternal peripheral blood, placenta, and umbilical cord blood has not been assessed in Colombia and seldom explored in other malaria-endemic regions. We designed a study to compare the technical and the operational-economical performances of light microscopy (LM), nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR), and histopathology (HP). In maternal blood, LM had 41% sensitivity and 100% specificity and in placental blood, 35% and 100%, respectively, compared with nPCR. In placental tissue, LM had 33% sensitivity and 95% specificity; and nPCR 47% and 77%, respectively; compared with HP. Light microscopy had the best operational-economical qualification. We concluded that nPCR and HP performed better compared with LM, but field implementation of these two techniques remains a problem. Therefore, LM is recommended as the gold standard for diagnosis of gestational malaria and placental blood infection in the field.
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