High rate of detection of mixed infections of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in South-East of Iran, using nested PCR

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-64

  Ebrahimzadeh, A ^a,b   Fouladi, B ^a   Fazaeli, A ^a,b  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Malaria; Microscopy; Mixed infections; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUPERINFECTION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; IRAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33847062789     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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