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Failure to detect Plasmodium vivax in West and Central Africa by PCR species typing

Richard L Culleton*, Toshihiro Mita, Mathieu Ndounga, Holger Unger, Pedro VL Cravo, Giacomo M Paganotti, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Akira Kaneko, Hideaki Eto, Halidou Tinto, Corine Karema, Umberto D'Alessandro, Virgilio do Rosário, Takatoshi Kobayakawa, Francine Ntoumi, Richard Carter and Kazuyuki Tanabe*

Malaria Journal 2008, 7:174 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-174

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Genetic polymorphism of merozoite surface protein-1 and merozoite surface protein-2 in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Pembe Mayengue, Mathieu Ndounga, Freddy Malonga, Michel Bitemo, Francine Ntoumi Malaria Journal 2011, 10:276 (22 September 2011)

A descriptive study of genotyping patterns of P falciparum in isolates from Brazaville. The paper is informative considering the few papers published on molecular epidemiology in this area.

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Evaluation of the SD FK70 Malaria Ag Plasmodium vivax rapid diagnostic test in a non-endemic setting

Philippe Gillet, Katrien Bosselaers, Lieselotte Cnops, Emmanuel Bottieau, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Jan Jacobs Malaria Journal 2009, 8:129 (11 June 2009)

A thouroughly conducted and well-described study on a relatively new RDT for vivax malaria. It is designed and carried out in one of the biggest European clinics for returning travellers and has the merit of challenging the test with a considerable number of P. vivax malaria cases as well as with most other malaria species