Diagnosis of Malaria by polymerase chain reaction
P. R. health sci. j
; 18(2): 99-103, jun. 1999. ilus, tab
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| ID: lil-255643
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RESUMO
Malaria is no longer endemic in Puerto Rico, however, imported cases of the disease are occasionally reported to the Health Department of the Island. This is a report of a 45-year-old female patient who traveled to Kenya and Niger and was admitted to a San Juan area hospital with an 8 day history of daily chills and fever, myalgia, nausea and vomiting. Upon admission, peripheral blood displayed multiple intra-erythrocytic ring-shape trophozoites, highly suggestive of Plasmodium falciparum. The polymerase chain reaction was used as a complementary method for the detection of malaria parasites and confirmation of post-treatment parasite clearance. This report presents an imported case of malaria in Puerto Rico and showed the use of a molecular technique to diagnose Plasmodium
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Viagem
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Malária Falciparum
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
P. R. health sci. j
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article