Diagnosis of Plasmodium malariae infection by the polymerase chain reaction

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 410-411

  Tahar, Rachida ^a,b   Ringwald, Pascal ^c   Basco, Leonardo K ^a,c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^d Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Diagnosis; Malaria; Plasmodium malariae; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM MALARIAE;

EID: 0030771219     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90259-5     Document Type: Article

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