A highly sensitive, PCR-based method for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum clones in microtiter plates

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Maher, Steven P ^a   Balu, Bharath ^a   Shoue, Doug A ^b   Weissenbach, Matthew E ^a   Adams, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; ERYTHROCYTE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GIEMSA STAIN; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; ANIMAL; CELL CLONE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AZURE STAINS; CLONE CELLS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57049159253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-222     Document Type: Article

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