Search for malaria parasites by PCR and southern blot in patients with imported malaria in Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-346

  Manca, N ^a   Viani, I ^b   Perandin, F ^a   Piccolo, G ^b   Calderaro, A ^b   Galati, L ^b   Ricci, L ^c   Dettori, G ^b   Turano, A ^a   Chezzi, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034219397     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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