A comparison of the sensitivities of detection of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes by magnetic fractionation, thick blood film microscopy, and RT-PCR

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Karl, Stephan ^a   Davis, Timothy Me ^b   St Pierre, Tim G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; GAMETOCYTE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FRACTIONATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THICK BLOOD FILM MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAGNETISM; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67651165408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-98     Document Type: Article

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