Novel nested direct PCR technique for malaria diagnosis using filter paper samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1628-1630

  Fuehrer, Hans Peter ^a,b   Fally, Markus A ^a,b   Habler, Verena E ^a,b   Starzengruber, Peter ^a,b   Swoboda, Paul ^a,b   Noedl, Harald ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Malaria Research Initiative Bandarban (MARIB)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIRECT NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; DNA EXTRACTION; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953861755     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01792-10     Document Type: Article

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