Development of a single tube hemi-nested PCR for genus-specific detection of Plasmodium in oligoparasitemic patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 619-625

  Montenegro, Lílian M L ^a   Montenegro, Rosana A ^a   Lima, Andréia S ^a   Carvalho, Alexandre B ^a   Schindler, Haiana C ^a   Abath, Frederico G C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Malaria; PCR; Plasmodium; Single tube hemi nested PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PROTOZOAL DNA; QUININE; RIBOSOME DNA; SAPONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 5144228728     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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