Plasmodium falciparum: Detection and strain identification of Indian isolates by polymerase chain reaction

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-218

  Sidhu, Amar Bir Singh ^a   Madhubala, R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0034204107     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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