The use of PCR in the diagnosis of hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 559-563

  Puente, S ^a   Rubio, J M ^a   Subirats, M ^a   Lago, M ^a   Gonzalez Lahoz, J ^a   Benito, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAMEROON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; SPLENOMEGALY;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033775373     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813578     Document Type: Article

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