Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 88. 1045: Malaria Diagnosis

By World Health Organization

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Title:	Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 88. 1045: Malaria Diagnosis
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . MALARIA DIAGNOSIS IN HEALTH CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Diagnostic requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.1 Areas with stable malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.2 Areas with unstable malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Clinical diagnosis of malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2.1 Clinical picture of malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.2.2 Reliability of clinical diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 Diagnosis by light microscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.4 Clinical chemical tests as indirect indicators of malaria infection . . . . . 9 2.5 Application of new techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.5.1 DNA probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.5.2 Antigen detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1 Diagnosis in man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1.1 Techniques in routine use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.1.2 Methods under evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.1.3 Potential tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2 Diagnosis of infection in the mosquito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.2.1 Current methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.2.2 Methods under evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.2.3 Potential methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22