Detection of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in vivo by real-time quantitative PCR

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-251

  Hermsen, Cornelus C ^a   Telgt, Denise S C ^a   Linders, Ellen H P ^a   Van De Locht, Louis A T F ^a   Eling, Wijnand M C ^a   Mensink, Ewald J B M ^a   Sauerwein, Robert W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human clinical studies; Malaria; Protozoan parasites; Real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CELL; MEROZOITE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035662390     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00379-6     Document Type: Article

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