An 8-year survey on the occurrence of imported malaria in a nonendemic area by microscopy and molecular assays

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 434-439

  Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Gorrini, Chiara ^a   Peruzzi, Simona ^a   Piccolo, Giovanna ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a  

^a Section of Microbiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Imported malaria; Italy; PCR; Plasmodia

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; ITALY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 47049098335     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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