RESUMEN
In 8 malaria-endemic states in India, mixed Plasmodium spp. infections were detected by PCR in 17.4% (265/1,521) of blood samples that microscopy had shown to contain only P. falciparum. The quality of microscopy must be improved because use of PCR for detection of malaria parasites is limited in rural areas.
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Coinfección/virología , ADN Protozoario/clasificación , Malaria/diagnóstico , Plasmodium/virología , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/estadística & datos numéricos , Prevalencia , Coinfección/diagnóstico , Estudios Transversales , Humanos , India/epidemiología , Malaria/sangre , Malaria/clasificación , Malaria Falciparum/diagnóstico , Malaria Vivax/diagnóstico , Plasmodium/clasificaciónRESUMEN
Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) routinely migrate from their breeding colonies to Southern Brazil often contracting diseases during this migration, notably avian malaria, which has been already reported in Brazil and throughout the world. Detection of Plasmodium spp. in blood smears is the routine diagnostic method of avian malaria, however it has a low sensitivity rate when compared to molecular methods...
O pinguim-de-Magalhães (Spheniscus magellanicus) migra das suas colônias reprodutivas até o extremo sul do Brasil. Esses pinguins frequentemente são acometidos por doenças, notavelmente a malária aviária, que é relatada no Brasil e no mundo. A detecção de Plasmodium spp. no esfregaço sanguíneo é o método de rotina mas apresenta baixa sensibilidade quando comparado aos métodos moleculares...