Usefulness of seminested multiplex PCR in surveillance of imported malaria in Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3260-3264

  Rubio, J M ^a   Benito, A ^a,d   Berzosa, P J ^a   Roche, J ^a   Puente, S ^b   Subirats, M ^b   Lopez Velez R ^c   Garcia L ^a   Alvar, J ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e CHRIST S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032885008     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3260-3264.1999     Document Type: Article

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