Molecular Detection and Species Determination of Malaria Parasites, Venezuela

Pacheco, César; Moreno, Jorge; Herrera, Flor

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Molecular Detection and Species Determination of Malaria Parasites, Venezuela

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Feb 2019
By Pacheco, César ; Moreno, Jorge ; Herrera, Flor

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Pacheco, César ; Moreno, Jorge ; Herrera, Flor
Description:

In southeastern Venezuela, malaria cases have increased since 2013. We found that 46% of 352 blood samples from symptomatic patients in 1 municipality tested positive for Plasmodium spp. In addition, the number of cases increased by 10 times in 4 years (2014-2017) and by 3 times in 1 year (2016-2017).
Subjects:

DNA, Protozoan Female Humans Malaria Male Molecular Epidemiology Molecular Typing Plasmodium Polymerase Chain Reaction
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):355-357
Pubmed ID:

30666942
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6346456
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Venezuela
Volume:

25
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:9cb1d2fa2d914eff900d316fa336f785ab158ff752df20dbd36c6df3f3981e8a
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