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High malaria PCR positivity in asymptomatic migrants from sub-Saharan Africa

Published:2024-07-03 Issue:6 Volume:31 Page:
ISSN:1195-1982
Container-title:Journal of Travel Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Pérez-Ugarte Arantxa¹²^ORCID,Oliveira-Souto Inés³⁴⁵⁶,Nadal-Baron Patricia⁷²,Zarzuela Francesc³⁴,Serre-Delcor Nuria³⁴⁵⁶,Treviño Begoña³⁴⁵⁶,Aznar María L³⁴⁵⁶,Pou Diana³⁴⁵⁶,Mediavilla Alejandro⁷²,Rubio-Maturana Carles⁷²^ORCID,Belsol-Alfonso Marcos⁷,Ruiz Edurne³⁴,Goterris Lidia⁷,Sulleiro Elena⁷²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Microbiology Department , Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona 08035 , Spain

2. Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona , Spain

3. Vall d'Hebron-Drassanes International Health Unit , Infectious Diseases Department, , Barcelona 08001 , Spain

4. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, International Health Programme of Catalan Health Institute (PROSICS) Barcelona , Infectious Diseases Department, , Barcelona 08001 , Spain

5. CIBERINF , Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Infectious Diseases, , Madrid 28029 , Spain

6. Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Infectious Diseases, , Madrid 28029 , Spain

7. Microbiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital , Barcelona 08035 , Spain

Abstract

This study describes a high prevalence of malaria in 2894 asymptomatic migrants from sub-Saharan Africa over an 8-year period using qPCR as a screening technique. The use of nucleic acid amplification tests constitutes a good alternative for malaria diagnosis in this moving population.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taae087/58604042/taae087.pdf

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