Accurate and sensitive detection of Plasmodium species in humans by use of the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase linker region

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3735-3737

  Tanomsing, Naowarat ^a   Imwong, Mallika ^a   Theppabutr, Sasikrit ^a   Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon ^a,b   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,c   White, Nicholas J ^a,c   Snounou, Georges ^d,e,f  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Royal Institute   (Thailand)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 77957810996     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00898-10     Document Type: Article

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