Evaluation of a non-isotopic polymerase chain reaction-based assay to detect and predict treatment failure of Plasmodium vivax malaria in travellers

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 406-409

  Humar, Atul ^a   Harrington, Mary Anne ^a   Kain, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Polymerase chain reaction; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOMETRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

COTTONTAIL RABBIT PAPILLOMAVIRUS; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030819926     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90258-3     Document Type: Article

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