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ArticleTropical medicine and health2018

PCR-based detection of

Yukie M Lloyd, Livo F Esemu, Jovikka Antallan, Bradley Thomas, Samuel Tassi Yunga, Bekindaka Obase, Nana Christine, Rose G F Leke, Richard Culleton, Kenji Obadiah Mfuh and 2 more

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Yukie M Lloyd1Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4597-3626
Livo F Esemu2The Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Jovikka Antallan1Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
Bradley Thomas1Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
Samuel Tassi Yunga1Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
Bekindaka Obase3The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Nana Christine2The Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Rose G F Leke2The Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Richard Culleton4Leading Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Kenji Obadiah Mfuh1Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
Vivek R Nerurkar1Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
Diane Wallace Taylor1Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · USUniversité de Yaoundé I · CMUniversity of Buea · CMUniversity of Nagasaki · JP

Funding

UH Hilo COP A&RP20GM103466 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI HELEN C TURNER · 2012 to 2026
$60.3M
Small Grants ProgramP30GM114737 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI YANAGIHARA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2022
$8.1M
Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research Training for Native Hawaiians and Pacific StudentsT37MD008636 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI KAHOLOKULA, JOSEPH KEAWE'AIMOKU, SY, ANGELA U · 2014 to 2025
$2.7M
Training of Cameroonian Scientists in Research on MalariaD43TW009074 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI NERURKAR, VIVEK RAMCHANDRA · 2011 to 2015
$978k
Defining Immunity to Placental Malaria using a Multi-assay Predictive ModelR21AI105286 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI CHEN, JOHN J, TAYLOR, DIANE WALLACE · 2014 to 2015
$418k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009074NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI105286NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103466NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM114737NIMHD NIH HHS T37 MD008636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSampling of saliva for diagnosing

resultsOverall, the standard 18S rRNA gene-based PCR assay detected

conclusionsThis study demonstrates that a PCR assay targeting the

Indexed as

18S rRNACamerooncox3DetectionMalaria diagnosisMalaria surveillanceMitochondrial genomePlasmodium falciparumSaliva-based assaysvarATS

Identifiers

PMID29977122
PMCPMC6013985
OpenAlexW2809685813

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