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FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.681063
关键词
non-falciparum malaria; Plasmodium sp; PoC (point of care); differential diagnosis; malaria control and elimination
资金
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior (CAPES-PNPD) [G-1709-16618]
Malaria is a serious public health problem affecting the poorest countries in the world, with differential diagnosis of Plasmodium species being important for treatment selection. Current diagnostic methods mainly focus on detecting P. falciparum, leading to neglect of other non-falciparum species. There is a need for new alternative methods to differentiate Plasmodium species in a faster, cheaper, and easier manner.
Malaria is a serious public health problem that affects mostly the poorest countries in the world, killing more than 400,000 people per year, mainly children under 5 years old. Among the control and prevention strategies, the differential diagnosis of the Plasmodium-infecting species is an important factor for selecting a treatment and, consequently, for preventing the spread of the disease. One of the main difficulties for the detection of a specific Plasmodium sp is that most of the existing methods for malaria diagnosis focus on detecting P. falciparum. Thus, in many cases, the diagnostic methods neglect the other non-falciparum species and underestimate their prevalence and severity. Traditional methods for diagnosing malaria may present low specificity or sensitivity to non-falciparum spp. Therefore, there is high demand for new alternative methods able to differentiate Plasmodium species in a faster, cheaper and easier manner to execute. This review details the classical procedures and new perspectives of diagnostic methods for malaria non-falciparum differential detection and the possibilities of their application in different circumstances.
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