Evaluation of three PCR-based diagnostic assays for detecting mixed Plasmodium infection

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mixson Hayden, Tonya ^a,b   Lucchi, Naomi W ^a,b   Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 77950826117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-88     Document Type: Article

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