Diagnostic difficulties with Plasmodium knowlesi infection in humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1033-1034

  Sulistyaningsih, Erma ^a,c   Fitri, Loeki Enggar ^b   Löscher, Thomas ^c   Berens Riha, Nicole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JEMBER   (Indonesia)

^b BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LETTER; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952713488     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1606.100022     Document Type: Letter

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