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Volume 18, Number 4—April 2012
Dispatch

Detection of Plasmodium spp. in Human Feces

Milan Jirků1, Kateřina Pomajbíková1, Klára J. Petrželková, Zuzana Hůzová, David Modrý, and Julius LukešComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, ASCR, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (M. Jirků, D. Modrý, J. Lukeš); Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (M. Jirků, J. Lukeš); University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic (K. Pomajbíková, D. Modrý); CEITEC, Brno (D. Modrý); Institute of Vertebrate Biology, ASCR, Brno, and Zoo Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic (K.J. Petrželková); Health Institute, Prague, Czech Republic (Z. Hůzová)

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Table

Comparative analysis of diagnostic methods for Plasmodium spp. with different biologic material from humans, Africa*

Sample origin, no. Blood smear parasitemia (%) Blood PCR Fecal PCR Fecal Southern blot
Buikwe, Uganda
T2767/11 + (0.31) + + +
T2768/11 + (0.10) + + +
T2770/11 + (0.11) + (w) + +
T2774/11 + (0.5) + + +
T2775/11 + (0.90) + + +
T2776/11 + (0.16) + + +
T2777/11 + (0.24) + + +
T2779/11 + (0.40) + (w) + +
T2781/11 + (0.65) + + +
T2785/11 + (2.10) + + +
T2786/11 + (0.18) + + +
T2772/11 + (1.2) + – –
T2778/11 + (0.36) – + +
T2778/11 – + (w) + +
T2782/11 – + (w) + +
T2780/11 – + (w) – +
Bayanga, Central African Republic NA + (6)† + (6)† + (6)†

*+, positive; w, weak band; –, negative; NA, not available.
†Samples from 6 persons.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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