Evidence of non-Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Kedougou, Senegal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expanded malaria control efforts in Sénégal have resulted in increased use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) to identify the primary disease-causing Plasmodium species, Plasmodium falciparum. However, the type of RDT utilized in Sénégal does not detect other malaria-causing species such as Plasmodium ovale spp., Plasmodium malariae, or Plasmodium vivax. Consequently, there is a lack of information about the frequency and types of malaria infections occurring in Sénégal. This study set out to better determine whether species other than P. falciparum were evident among patients evaluated for possible malaria infection in Kédougou, Sénégal.

Methods

Real-time polymerase chain reaction speciation assays for P. vivax, P. ovale spp., and P. malariae were developed and vali

SUBMITTER: Daniels RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5209815 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature