Detection of Plasmodium vivax in a child returning from India by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry Journal Article
| Authors: | Rounds, M. A.; Crowder, C. D.; Stratton, C. W.; Ecker, D. J.; Eshoo, M. W.; Tang, Y. W. |
| Article Title: | Detection of Plasmodium vivax in a child returning from India by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry |
| Abstract: | Plasmodium vivax is a common cause of imported malaria in the USA, second only to P. falciparum. We present a case of P. vivax malaria in a child returning from India. P. vivax was initially diagnosed by standard methodology and detected retrospectively by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using a panel of primers designed to detect vector-borne pathogens. This is the first reported case of P. vivax detection using PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. © 2013 SSCC. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | child; school child; treatment outcome; histopathology; pathogenesis; case report; diarrhea; polymerase chain reaction; vomiting; primaquine; retrospective study; coughing; fever; paracetamol; nucleotide sequence; disease duration; india; headache; physical examination; blood cell count; liver function test; diagnostic test; urinalysis; atovaquone; electrospray mass spectrometry; blood chemistry; atovaquone plus proguanil; pcr and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; plasmodium vivax; proguanil; plasmodium vivax malaria |
| Journal Title: | Emerging Microbes & Infections |
| Volume: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 2222-1751 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Date Published: | 2012-01-01 |
| Start Page: | e48 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1038/emi.2012.49 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC3630909 |
| PUBMED: | 26038414 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 1 July 2013" - "Molecular Sequence Numbers: GENBANK: AF316892;" - "Source: Scopus" |
