Detection and characterization of Plasmodium spp. by semi-nested multiplex PCR both in mosquito vectors and in humans residing in historically endemic areas of Paraguay

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14066/2979
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del Puerto Rodas, Ramona FlorenciaCONACYT Authority; Ozorio, MónicaCONACYT Authority; Trinidad, BeatrizCONACYT Authority; Martínez, Nidia; Torales, Martha RossanaCONACYT Authority; Franco, Luciano; Ferreira, Luis; Vera, Ninfa IsabelCONACYT Authority
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2020-08-15
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In Paraguay, no cases of Malaria have been recorded since 2011. Microscopy and the SnM-PCR technique were implemented to detect and characterize Plasmodium spp. both in mosquitoes and in humans residing in historically endemic areas of Paraguay, to evaluate the possibility of finding asymptomatic cases and/or Plasmodium parasites circulating in anophelines. Between 2013 and 2015, 361 human blood samples were collected on filter paper, and between 2016 and 2017, 938 female Anopheles mosquitoes were captured in 15 Paraguayan localities. All the diagnostic techniques showed negative results. We observed no asymptomatic case or Plasmodium circulating in vectors.
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