Nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Malaysia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-41

  Khoo, Alan ^a   Furuta, Takahisa ^a,b   Abdullah, Noor Rain ^a   Bah, Ng Ah ^a   Kojima, Somei ^b   Wah, Mak Joon ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chain reaction; Diagnosis; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030022808     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90473-3     Document Type: Article

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