A High Malaria Prevalence Identified by PCR among Patients with Acute Undifferentiated Fever in India

Christel Gill Haanshuus; Sara Chandy; Anand Manoharan; Rosario Vivek; Dilip Mathai; Deepika Xena; Ashita Singh; Nina Langeland; Bjørn Blomberg; George Vasanthan; Usha Sitaram; Jonathan Appasamy; Joel Nesaraj; Anil Henry; Suvarna Patil; Gerardo Alvarez-Uria; Lois Armstrong; Kristine Mørch

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158816

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A High Malaria Prevalence Identified by PCR among Patients with Acute Undifferentiated Fever in India

Christel Gill Haanshuus,

Affiliation National Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Sara Chandy,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center, Department of Medicine Unit-1 and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Anand Manoharan ,

* E-mail: anandmanoharan@pushpagiri.in

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center, Department of Medicine Unit-1 and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Rosario Vivek,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center, Department of Medicine Unit-1 and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Dilip Mathai,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center, Department of Medicine Unit-1 and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Deepika Xena,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center, Department of Medicine Unit-1 and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Ashita Singh,

Affiliation Baptist Christian Hospital, Tezpur, Assam, India
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Nina Langeland,

Affiliations National Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Bjørn Blomberg,

Affiliations National Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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George Vasanthan,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center, Department of Medicine Unit-1 and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Usha Sitaram,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Training and Research Center, Department of Medicine Unit-1 and Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Jonathan Appasamy,

Affiliation Christian Fellowship Hospital, Oddanchatram, Tamil Nadu, India
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Joel Nesaraj,

Affiliation Bethesda Hospital, Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India
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Anil Henry,

Affiliation Christian Hospital, Mungeli, Chhattisgarh, India
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Suvarna Patil,

Affiliation B.K.L. Walawalkar Hospital, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
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Gerardo Alvarez-Uria,

Affiliation Rural Development Trust Hospital, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Lois Armstrong,

Affiliation Duncan Hospital, Raxaul, Bihar, India
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Kristine Mørch

Affiliation National Centre for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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A High Malaria Prevalence Identified by PCR among Patients with Acute Undifferentiated Fever in India

Christel Gill Haanshuus,
Sara Chandy,
Anand Manoharan,
Rosario Vivek,
Dilip Mathai,
Deepika Xena,
Ashita Singh,
Nina Langeland,
Bjørn Blomberg,
George Vasanthan

Published: July 7, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158816

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