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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Detection of Plasmodium Species by High-Resolution Melt Analysis of DNA from Blood Smears Acquired in Southwestern Uganda.

Kennedy Kassaza, Darwin J Operario, Dan Nyehangane, K C Coffey, Mary Namugosa, Lena Turkheimer, Patrick Ojuka, Patrick Orikiriza, Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire, Frederick Byarugaba and 4 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Kennedy KassazaDepartment of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Darwin J OperarioDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Dan NyehanganeDepartment of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
K C CoffeyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Mary NamugosaCenter for Global Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Lena TurkheimerCenter for Global Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Patrick OjukaEpicentre Mbarara Research Centre, Mbarara, Uganda.
Patrick OrikirizaDepartment of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Juliet Mwanga-AmumpaireDepartment of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Frederick ByarugabaEpicentre Mbarara Research Centre, Mbarara, Uganda.
Joel BaziraDepartment of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Jennifer L GulerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Christopher C Moore *Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ccm5u@virginia.edu yap.boum@epicentre.msf.org.
Yap Boum *Department of Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda ccm5u@virginia.edu yap.boum@epicentre.msf.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microscopic diagnosis of malaria using Giemsa-stained blood smears is the standard of care in resource-limited settings. These smears represent a potential source of DNA for PCR testing to confirm

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DNA, ProtozoanGenetic TechniquesMalariaMolecular TypingNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPlasmodiumReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRetrospective StudiesRNA, Ribosomal, 18SSensitivity and SpecificityUgandaDNA, ProtozoanRNA, Ribosomal, 18Sdiagnosticshigh-resolution meltingmalariaPCR

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PMID29046412
PMCPMC5744206

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