PCR amplification of DNA from malaria parasites on fixed and stained thick and thin blood films

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-363

  Edoh, Dominic ^a   Steiger, Sylvia ^b   Genton, Blaise ^c   Beck, Hans Peter ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Blood films; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031008861     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90109-7     Document Type: Article

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