Detection and species determination of malaria parasites by PCR: Comparison with microscopy and with ParaSight-F and ICT Malaria Pf tests in a clinical environment

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1269-1273

  Tham, Jill M ^a,b   Lee, Szu Hee ^c   Tan, Theresa M C ^a,b   Ting, Robert C Y ^a   Kara, Ursula A K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0344609241     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1269-1273.1999     Document Type: Article

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