title: Detection of Plasmodium spp. in human feces.
abstract: Comparison of diagnostic methods for Plasmodium spp. in humans from Uganda and the Central African Republic showed that parasites can be efficiently detected by PCR in fecal samples. These results, which rely solely on PCR-based examination of feces, validate numerous estimates of the prevalence of malaria in great apes.
authors.affiliation: Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, ASCR, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jirků
authors.forename: Kateřina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pomajbíková
authors.forename: Klára J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Petrželková
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hůzová
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Modrý
authors.forename: Julius
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukeš
mesh_terms: D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D045303:Cytochromes b