Plasmodium sp.: Optimal protocols for PCR detection of low parasite numbers from mosquito (Anopheles sp.) samples

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-272

  Arez, A P ^a   Lopes, D ^a   Pinto, J ^a   Franco, A S ^a   Snounou, G ^b   Do Rosario V E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034085625     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2000.4496     Document Type: Article

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