[COMPLEX LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA PATHOGENS IN THE PRE ELIMINATION PERIOD]

An immunological survey of 8,000 dwellers from 4 districts of Tajikistan failed to detect malaria pathogens by CareStartMalariaHPR2/PLDH (P. falciparum/P. vivax) COMBOGO161 AccessBio tests and showed the possibility of their further use under the Republic's conditions, particularly in the mountain villages and the human settlements bordering on Afghanistan. The results of examining 750 blood samples from the dwellers of sanitized foci in Tajikistan's areas, by applying molecular diagnosis via polymerase chain reaction, indicated no signs of parasites. A set ofthree methods, such as microscopic, immunological, and molecular diagnostic ones, was used to prove the absence of reliable malaria infection and local transmission sources.