Evaluation of Quantitaive Buffy Coat (QBC) assay and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for diagnosis of malaria

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-181

  Barman, D ^a   Mirdha, B R ^a   Samantray, J C ^a   Kironde, F ^a   Kabra, S K ^b   Guleria, R ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14644401656     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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