High proportion of mixed-species Plasmodium infections in India revealed by PCR diagnostic assay

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 819-824

  Gupta, Bhavna ^a   Gupta, Purva ^a   Sharma, Arun ^a   Singh, Vineeta ^c   Dash, Aditya P ^b   Das, Aparup ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

India; Malaria diagnosis; Microscopy; Mixed infections; PCR assay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 77953192480     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02549.x     Document Type: Article

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