Real-time PCR detection of Plasmodium directly from whole blood and filter paper samples

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Taylor, Brian J ^a   Martin, Kimberly A ^a   Arango, Eliana ^b   Agudelo, Olga M ^b   Maestre, Amanda ^b   Yanow, Stephanie K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c Provincial Public Health Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD VOLUME; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COLOMBIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

BLOOD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COLOMBIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 80051785802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-244     Document Type: Article

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