Standardization of a very specific and sensitive single PCR for detection of Plasmodium vivax in low parasitized individuals and its usefulness for screening blood donors

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-524

  Torres, Kátia Luz ^a,d   Figueiredo, Daniel Vasquez ^a   Zalis, Mariano Gustavo ^b   Daniel Ribeiro, Cláudio Tadeu ^a   Alecrim, Wilson ^c   De Fátima Ferreira da Cruz, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^d Fundacao de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Amazonas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DONOR SELECTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33645458934     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0085-8     Document Type: Article

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