Article
Detection of Duffy blood group genotypes and submicroscopic Plasmodium infections using molecular diagnostic assays in febrile malaria patients.
Malaria journal - 20 Jun 2024
Abagero Beka R, Rama Rei, Obeid Abdulghani, Tolosa Tirusew, Lukas Biniyam, Teka Taye, Tesfaye Daniel, Lo Eugenia, Yewhalaw Delenasaw
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a severe parasitic disease, posing a significant threat to public health and hindering economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. Ethiopia, a malaria endemic country, is facing a resurgence of the disease with a steadily rising incidence. Conventional diagnostic metho...
Topics
- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Humans
- Male
- Female
- Adult
- Adolescent
- Young Adult
- Malaria, Vivax
- Ethiopia
- Genotype
- Plasmodium vivax
- Middle Aged
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Child
- Plasmodium falciparum