Development of a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method based on amplification of mitochondrial DNA to detect Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-38

  Cunha, Maristela G ^a   Medina, Tiago S ^a   Oliveira, Salma G ^b   Marinho, Anderson N ^a   Póvoa, Marinete M ^b   Ribeiro dos Santos, Andrea K C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malaria diagnosis; Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DETECTION METHOD; HYBRIDIZATION; MALARIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 67349285750     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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