PCR as a confirmatory technique for laboratory diagnosis of malaria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1087-1089

  Johnston, Stephanie P ^a   Pieniazek, Norman J ^a   Xayavong, Maniphet V ^a,b   Slemenda, Susan B ^a   Wilkins, Patricia P ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

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

EID: 33644906429     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1087-1089.2006     Document Type: Article

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