Detection, identification and semi-quantification of malaria parasites by NASBA amplification of small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-75

  Smits, Henk L ^a   Gussenhoven, George C ^a   Terpstra, Wiepko ^a   Schukkink, Rianne A F ^b   Van Gemen, Bob ^b   Van Gool, Tom ^c  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Organon Teknika   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

malaria; molecular detection; NASBA; parasitemia; quantification; RNA amplification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0031047580     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(96)00966-9     Document Type: Article

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