MALARIA: NEW DIAGNOSTICS FOR AN OLD PROBLEM

PATRICK DUFFY Malaria Antigen Discovery Program, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Department of Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland

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MICHAL FRIED Malaria Antigen Discovery Program, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Department of Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland

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    Reyburn H, Mbatia R, Drakeley C, Carneiro I, Mwakasungula E, Mwerinde O, Saganda K, Shao J, Kitua A, Olomi R, Greenwood BM, Whitty CJ, 2004. Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study. BMJ 329 :1212.

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    Nyunt M, Pisciotta J, Feldman AB, Thuma P, Scholl PF, Demirev PA, Lin JS, Shi L, Kumar N, Sullivan DJ, 2005. Detection of Plasmodium falciparum in pregnancy by laser desorption mass spectrometry. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73 :485–490.

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    Moody A, 2002. Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria parasites. Clin Microbiol Rev 15 :66–78.

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    Humar A, Ohrt C, Harrington MA, Pillai D, Kain KC, 1997. Parasight F test compared with the polymerase chain reaction and microscopy for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travelers. Am J Trop Med Hyg 56 :44–48.

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    Duffy PE, Mutabingwa TK, 2004. Drug combinations for malaria: time to ACT? Lancet 363 :3–4.

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    Demirev PA, Feldman AB, Kongkasuriyachai D, Scholl P, Sullivan D Jr, Kumar N, 2002. Detection of malaria parasites in blood by laser desorption mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 74 :3262–3266.

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    Scholl PF, Kongkasuriyachai D, Demirev PA, Feldman AB, Lin JS, Sullivan DJ Jr, Kumar N, 2004. Rapid detection of malaria infection in vivo by laser desorption mass spectrometry. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71 :546–551.

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    Mankhambo L, Kanjala M, Rudman S, Lema VM, Rogerson SJ, 2002. Evaluation of the OptiMAL rapid antigen test and species-specific PCR to detect placental Plasmodium falciparum infection at delivery. J Clin Microbiol 40 :155–158.

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    Mockenhaupt FP, Ulmen U, von Gaertner C, Bedu-Addo G, Bienzle U, 2002. Diagnosis of placental malaria. J Clin Microbiol 40 :306–308.

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    Singer LM, Newman RD, Diarra A, Moran AC, Huber CS, Stennies G, Sirima SB, Konate A, Yameogo M, Sawadogo R, Barnwell JW, Parise ME, 2004. Evaluation of a malaria rapid diagnostic test for assessing the burden of malaria during pregnancy. Am J Trop Med Hyg 70 :481–485.

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