Sequence variation in the 18S rRNA gene, a target for PCR-based malaria diagnosis, in Plasmodium ovale from southern Vietnam

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2287-2289

  Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^a   Miyake, Hirofumi ^b   Kaneko, Osamu ^c   Kimura, Masatsugu ^c   Dung, Nguyen Thi ^d   Dung, Nguyen The ^d   Liu, Qing ^a   Zhou, Mian ^a   Dao, Le Duc ^e   Kawai, Shintaro ^f   Isomura, Shin ^a   Wataya, Yusuke ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^e Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

^f WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM;

PLASMODIUM OVALE;

EID: 0007698681     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2287-2289.1996     Document Type: Article

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