Impact of competitive inhibition and sequence variation upon the sensitivity of malaria PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1621-1623

  Bialasiewicz, Seweryn ^a,b   Whiley, David M ^a,b   Nissen, Michael D ^a,b,c   Sloots, Theo P ^a,b,c  

^a Royal Children's Hospital and Health Service District   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; MALARIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34248563761     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02145-06     Document Type: Article

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