| imported malaria in kuwait. | the number of imported malaria cases in kuwait rose from 87 in 1980 to 504 in 1983, an increase of 579%. the continued resurgence of malaria in endemic zones, improved diagnostic techniques and a heightened awareness of imported malaria have contributed to the increase in the number of microscopically proved cases. thick blood films fixed in acetone and stained in giemsa proved a rapid method of diagnosis; species identification on the basis of a thin film on the same slide was performed with ea ... | 1985 | 3898482 |
| imported malaria in kuwait (1985-2000). | the objective of this study was to document the status of malaria infection and effect of preventive measures on the epidemiologic profile of imported malaria cases in kuwait during 1985-2000. | 2003 | 14642198 |
| aspects of imported malaria at a district general hospital in non-endemic kuwait, arabian gulf. | there is no indigenous mosquito-borne transmission of malaria in kuwait. however, in a five year period at a district general hospital, the number of laboratory-diagnosed cases of malaria increased annually from 25 to 84, a rise of 336%. except for two induced infections, all were imported, mainly from the indian subcontinent. plasmodium vivax was responsible for 87.29% of the cases; p.falciparum (12.05%), a mixed infection of p.vivax and p.falciparum (0.33%) and a case of p.ovale (0.33%) were a ... | 1988 | 3042448 |
| diagnosis of imported malaria by plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pldh) and histidine-rich protein 2 (pfhrp-2)-based immunocapture assays. | this study was conducted to evaluate the performance of two rapid non-microscopic assays: plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pldh) assay (optimal) and plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (pfhrp-2) assay (ict malaria). the assays were used to detect malaria infection in 515 immigrants living in kuwait. the performance of both assays was compared to that of microscopy of giemsa-stained thick blood films and to each other. of the 515 patients tested, 163 were positive for malaria parasite ... | 2001 | 11425156 |
| comparison of the optimal test with pcr for diagnosis of malaria in immigrants. | the optimal test (flow inc., portland, oreg.), which detects a malaria parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pldh) antigen, has not been evaluated for its sensitivity in the diagnosis of malaria infection in various epidemiological settings. using microscopy and a pcr as reference standards, we performed a comparison of these assays with the optimal test for the detection of plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax infection in 550 immigrants who had come from areas where malaria is endemic to resid ... | 1999 | 10523567 |