A cautionary note on the use of nested PCR for parasite screening - An example from avian blood parasites

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 562-564

  Szöllosi, Eszter ^a   Hellgren, Olof ^b   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

BIRD; BLOOD; DETECTION METHOD; GEL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD PARASITE; FOWL; GEL; HEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIRDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; MALARIA, AVIAN; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON;

EID: 43949143163     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1286.1     Document Type: Article

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