Evaluation of a simple and quick method for extracting DNA from Plasmodium falciparum using thick blood smears of Gabonese patients;Évaluation d'une méthode simple et rapide d'extraction de l'ADN de Plasmodium falciparum à partir de gouttes épaisses de patients Gabonais

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-11

  Ekala, M T ^a   Lekoulou, F ^a   Djikou, S ^a   Dubreuil, G ^a   Issifou, S ^b,c   Ntoumi, Francine ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c Ctr Regl pour le Developpement S   (Benin)

Author keywords

Blood smear; Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction; Gabon; Hospital; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; GABON; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034391294     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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