Colorimetric Detection of Gestational vivax Malaria in Urine Using MSP10 Oligonucleotides and Gold Nanoparticles in Khartoum State
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2019
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جامعة الشيخ عبدالله البدري
Abstract
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the
bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes which bite mainly between dusk and dawn [1].
It is endemic across Asia, the South Pacific, North Africa, Middle East, and South and Central
America [2]. Currently, an estimated 2.9 billion people live at risk of it infection [3]. Research in
malaria has been primarily focused on P.falciparum, the fatal form of malaria. However, P.vivax
can also cause severe illness with serious complications and costs, especially in children, in
whom it has a major impact on growth