Real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification is more convenient than real-time PCR for quantification of Plasmodium falciparum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 402-405

  Schneider, Petra ^a   Wolters, Liselotte ^a   Schoone, Gerard ^b   Schallig, Henk ^b   Sillekens, Peter ^c   Hermsen, Rob ^a   Sauerwein, Robert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOLECULAR BEACON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 11844299682     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.402-405.2005     Document Type: Article

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