Assessing the genetic diversity of the aldolase genes of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax and its potential effect on performance of aldolase-detecting rapid diagnostic tests

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4547-4549

  Lee, Nelson ^a,b   Baker, Joanne ^b   Bell, David ^c   McCarthy, James ^a   Cheng, Qin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE;

ALDOLASE GENE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALARIA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33845593903     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01611-06     Document Type: Article

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