Short report: A filter paper method for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-116

  Mlambo, Godfree ^a   Vasquez, Yessika ^a   LeBlanc, Ralph ^a   Sullivan, David ^a   Kumar, Nirbhay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ZAMBIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; FILTRATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; ZAMBIA;

EID: 39549117157     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.114     Document Type: Article

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