Molecular diagnosing of malaria in a tertiary care center in the Brazilian Amazon region;Diagnóstico molecular da malária em uma unidade de atenção terciária na Amazônia Brasileira

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-385

  Costa, Mônica Regina Farias ^a,b   Vieira, Pedro Paulo Ribeiro ^a,b,e   Ferreira, Cynthia De Oliveira ^c   De Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães ^a,b,d   Alecrim, Wilson Duarte ^a,b,d   Alecrim, Maria Das Graças Costa ^a,b,d  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

^e Gerência de Malária/FMT AM ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; Molecular biology; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 56049109818     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000400011     Document Type: Article

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