Plasmodium DNA contamination between blood smears during Giemsa staining and microscopic examination

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1335-1337

  Aubouy, Agnès ^a   Carme, Bernard ^a,b  

^a Referral Hospital   (French Guiana)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AZURE STAINS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 4644352862     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424529     Document Type: Article

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