Detection and identification of human Plasmodium species with real-time quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mens, Petra F ^a,b   Schoone, Gerard J ^a   Kager, Piet A ^b   Schallig, Henk D F H ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749606425     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-80     Document Type: Article

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