Diagnosis of mixed Plasmodium malariae and P. vivax infection in a development aid volunteer by examination of bone-marrow specimens by real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2307-2310

  Imirzalioglu, Can ^a   Soydan, Nedim ^b   Schaller, Markus ^b   Bretzel, Reinhard G ^b   Chakraborty, Trinad ^a   Domann, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b Third Medical Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN; TAQ POLYMERASE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

PLASMODIUM MALARIAE;

EID: 33745168994     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02687-05     Document Type: Article

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