Use of molecular beacon probes for real-time PCR detection of Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium species in peripheral blood specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 622-624

  Elsayed, Sameer ^a,c   Plewes, Katherine ^c   Church, Deirdre ^a,b,c   Chow, Barbara ^c   Zhang, Kunyan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 32344445882     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.622-624.2006     Document Type: Article

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