Malaria: New diagnostics for an old problem

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 482-483

  Duffy, Patrick ^a   Fried, Michal ^a  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER DESORPTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALARIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 24944522353     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.482     Document Type: Editorial

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