Identification of Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae and detection of mixed infection in patients with imported malaria in Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-100

  Perandin, F ^a   Manca, N ^a   Piccolo, G ^b   Calderaro, A ^b   Galati, L ^b   Ricci, L ^c   Medici, M C ^b   Arcangeletti, C ^b   Dettori, G ^b   Chezzi, C ^b  

^a Sezione di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malaria; Nested PCR; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037271555     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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