Detection through the use of RT-MqPCR of asymptomatic reservoirs of malaria in samples of patients from the indigenous Comarca of Guna Yala, Panama: Essential method to achieve the elimination of malaria

Lorenzo Cáceres Carrera; Ana María Santamaría; Anakena Margarita Castillo; Luis Romero; Eduardo Urriola; Rolando Torres-Cosme; José Eduardo Calzada

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0305558

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Detection through the use of RT-MqPCR of asymptomatic reservoirs of malaria in samples of patients from the indigenous Comarca of Guna Yala, Panama: Essential method to achieve the elimination of malaria

Lorenzo Cáceres Carrera ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lcaceres@gorgas.gob.pa, cacereslorenzo@gmail.com

Affiliation Departmento de Entomología Médica del Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-6893

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Ana María Santamaría,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departmento de Parasitología del Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
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Anakena Margarita Castillo,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departmento de Entomología Médica del Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
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Luis Romero,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratorio Central de Referencia en Salud Pública del Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
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Eduardo Urriola,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Latina de Panamá, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
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Rolando Torres-Cosme,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departmento de Entomología Médica del Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
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José Eduardo Calzada

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departmento de Parasitología del Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
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Detection through the use of RT-MqPCR of asymptomatic reservoirs of malaria in samples of patients from the indigenous Comarca of Guna Yala, Panama: Essential method to achieve the elimination of malaria

Lorenzo Cáceres Carrera,
Ana María Santamaría,
Anakena Margarita Castillo,
Luis Romero,
Eduardo Urriola,
Rolando Torres-Cosme,
José Eduardo Calzada

Published: July 24, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305558

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