Usefulness of quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification for diagnosis of malaria in an Academic Hospital setting

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 555-557

  Schallig, H D F H ^a   Schoone, G J ^a   Lommerse, E J M ^b   Kroon, C C M ^a   De Vries, P J ^b   Van Gool, T ^b  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141528558     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0985-4     Document Type: Article

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