Evaluation of the RealArt Malaria LC Real-Time PCR Assay for Malaria Diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 636-638

  Farcas, Gabriella A ^a   Zhong, Kathleen J Y ^d   Mazzulli, Tony ^b,e   Kain, Kevin C ^a,c,d,e  

^a Institute of Medical Science   (Canada)

^b Dept of Lab Med and Pathobiology ^*  (Canada)

^c McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

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

EID: 1242269303     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.636-638.2004     Document Type: Article

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