Comparison of different PCR protocols for the detection and diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 424-428

  Oster, N ^a,b   Abdel Aziz, I Z ^a,c   Stich, A ^a,d   Coulibaly, B ^e   Kouyate B ^e   Andrews, K T ^a,f   McLean, J E ^a   Lanzer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Cairo University ^*  (Germany)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Missionsärztliches Institut   (Germany)

^e Centre de Recherche en Santé À Nouna   (Burkina Faso)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 27644514575     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1479-3     Document Type: Article

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