title: Detection of Plasmodium vivax in a child returning from India by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
abstract: Plasmodium vivax is a common cause of imported malaria in the USA, second only to P. falciparum. We present a case of P. vivax malaria in a child returning from India. P. vivax was initially diagnosed by standard methodology and detected retrospectively by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using a panel of primers designed to detect vector-borne pathogens. This is the first reported case of P. vivax detection using PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
authors.affiliation: Ibis Biosciences , Inc., an Abbott company, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA.
authors.forename: Megan A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rounds
authors.affiliation: Ibis Biosciences , Inc., an Abbott company, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Crowder
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Stratton
authors.affiliation: Ibis Biosciences , Inc., an Abbott company, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ecker
authors.affiliation: Ibis Biosciences , Inc., an Abbott company, Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA.
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Eshoo
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, TN 37232, USA ; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Yi-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Tang
keywords: PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Plasmodium vivax