Usefulness of PCR for diagnosis of imported malaria in Poland

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-218

  Myjak, P ^a   Nahorski, W ^a   Pieniazek, N ^b   Pietkiewicz, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036220375     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-001-0690-0     Document Type: Article

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