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PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 57, 期 2, 页码 143-149出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.11.003
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acridine orange; lao PDR; malaria; plasmodium; semi-nested multiplex PCR
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Malaria remains one of the most important parasitic diseases in Lao PDR, especially in forested rural areas. Knowing the rate of infection using highly sensitive and specific methods, and the factors related to malarial infection, may be helpful in reducing the infection and mortality rates. We aimed to study the malarial infection rate by comparing three detection methods, i.e., Giemsa staining, acridine orange (AO) staining and semi-nested multiplex PCR. The study also included some factors related to malarial infection in the endemic areas of Savarmakhet province, Lao PDR. The respective malarial infection rates by Giemsa staining, AO staining and semi-nested multiplex PCR in Houy Jang vs. Keng Thong villages were 13.1 vs. 20.8, 16.2 vs. 25.4 and 20.8 vs. 30.8%. The infection rate among children not over 10 years of age was higher than infection rate among the older ages (p=0.002, Z-test for two proportions). The higher infection rates by semi-nested multiplex PCR over Giemsa and AO staining suggest the existence of many subclinical cases with low level parasitemia, undetected by microscopic techniques. We found no mixed infections using Giemsa or AO staining, but using semi-nested multiplex PCR we found 1.2% (3/260) mixed P. falciparum and P. vivax infections, suggesting that semi-nested multiplex PCR is suitable for detecting malarial infection from endemic areas whose cases may have low parasitemia and/or mixed infection. The factors significantly related to malarial infection from 260 questionnaires were: (1) children and young adults, (2) not having lived in the area more than 5 years, and (3) not using a mosquito net over the bed, indicating an increased risk of new residents of contracting malaria and a need to promote bed nets. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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