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Parasite diversity in adult patients with cerebral malaria: a hospital-based, case-control study.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Dec 2004
Shigidi Mazin M T, Hashim Rihab A, Idris Mohamed N A, Mukhtar Maowia M, Sokrab Tag-Eldin O
Abstract excerpt
Thirty adult patients with cerebral malaria (CM) were recruited for this study. Two clinical groups were used as controls: those with mild malaria (n = 20) and asymptomatic volunteers (n = 20). Thick and thin blood smears were examined for detection of Plasmodium falciparum and estimating infection intensity. A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using allele-specific primers for merozoite surface protein gene...
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