Detection of very low level Plasmodium falciparum infections using the nested polymerase chain reaction and a reassessment of the epidemiology of unstable malaria in Sudan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-331

  Roper, Cally ^a   Elhassan, Ibrahim M ^b   Hviid, Lars ^b   Giha, Haider ^b   Richardson, William ^a   Babiker, Hamza ^c   Satti, Gwiria M H ^c   Theander, Thor G ^b   Arnot, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN;

EID: 0029963052     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.325     Document Type: Article

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