| malarigen malaria pf/pv antigen rapid test: a simple and effective tool for diagnosis of malaria in the far-flung hilly areas of bangladesh. | microscopic visualization of malarial parasites on thick and/or thin film is considered as "gold standard" for diagnosis of malaria. but it needs skilled microscopist as well as good laboratory set up, which are scarce in chittagong hill tracts (cht) in bangladesh. a study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a newly introduced rapid diagnostic test (rdt) device based on immunochromatographic test (ict) format, for malarial parasite. this study was carried out at balipara, a remote villag ... | 2010 | 20046179 |
| salmonella typhi and plasmodium falciparum co-infection in a 12-year old girl with haemoglobin e trait from a non-malarious area in bangladesh. | a 12-year old girl from uttar badda, dhaka, bangladesh, was admitted to the dhaka hospital of icddr,b, with a 23-day history of fever and diarrhoea. after admission, she was treated for culture-proven salmonella typhi-associated infection and was discovered to be heterozygous for haemoglobin e. despite treatment with appropriate antibiotics, the patient's condition did not improve, prompting further investigation, which revealed malaria due to plasmodium falciparum. dhaka is considered a malaria ... | 2010 | 20941905 |