Short report: Molecular-based assay for simultaneous detection of four Plasmodium spp. and Wuchereria bancrofti infections

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1030-1033

  Mehlotra, Rajeev K ^a   Gray, Laurie R ^a   Blood Zikursh, Melinda J ^a   Kloos, Zachary ^a   Henry Halldin, Cara N ^a   Tisch, Daniel J ^a   Thomsen, Edward ^a,b   Reimer, Lisa ^a,b   Kastens, Will ^a   Baea, Manasseh ^b   Baea, Kaye ^b   Baisor, Moses ^b   Tarongka, Nandao ^b   Kazura, James W ^a   Zimmerman, Peter A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSPHERE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; HELMINTH DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGATION DETECTION REACTION FLUORESCENT MICROSPHERE ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROFILARIA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FILARIASIS; GENETICS; GENOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FILARIASIS; GENOME; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77953736951     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0665     Document Type: Article

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