Sampling and storage of blood and the detection of malaria parasites by polymerase chain reaction

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-53

  Färnert, Anna ^a,b   Arez, Ana Paula ^c   Correia, Ana Teresa ^c   Björkman, Anders ^b   Snounou, Georges ^d   Do Rosário, Virgilio ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Blood; Filter paper; Malaria; Polymerase chain reaction; Sampling; Storage

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LYASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; LYSIS; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033017762     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90177-3     Document Type: Article

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