Evaluation of a new plate hybridization assay for the laboratory diagnosis of imported malaria in Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-171

  Calderaro, A ^a   Piccolo, G ^a   Zuelli, C ^a   Galati, L ^a   Ricci, L ^b   Perandin, F ^c   Dell'Anna, M L ^a   Arcangeletti, M C ^a   Medici, M C ^a   Manca, N ^c   Dettori, G ^a   Chezzi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Centrale Operativa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; PCR; Plate hybridization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA GLOBINE GENE; BIOTINYLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEROLOGY; TECHNIQUE; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042573918     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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