A comparison of antigen dipstick assays with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique and blood film examination in the rapid diagnosis of malaria

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 498-501

  Lee, May Ann ^b   Aw, L T ^a   Singh, M ^c  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b Defence Medical Research Institute   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Microscopic examination; P. Falciparum; P. Vivax; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033163847     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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