Field evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction-based nonisotopic liquid hybridization assay for malaria diagnosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1284-1287

  Oliveira, Denise A ^b   Shi, Ya P ^b   Oloo, Aggrey J ^b   Boriga, David A ^b   Nahlen, Bernard L ^b   Hawley, William A ^b   Holloway, Brian P ^b   Lal, Altaf A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0029982743     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1284     Document Type: Article

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