Malaria diagnosis from pooled blood samples: Comparative analysis of real-time PCR, nested PCR and immunoassay as a platform for the molecular and serological diagnosis of malaria on a large-scale

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 691-700

  Lima, Giselle F M C ^a,c   Levi, José E ^b,c   Geraldi, Marcelo P ^c   Sanchez, Maria Carmen A ^c   Segurado, Aluísio Ac ^c   Hristov, Angélica D ^a   Inoue, Juliana ^a,c   Costa Nascimento, Maria de Jesus ^a   di Santi, Silvia M ^a,c  

^a Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Malaria; Nested PCR; PCR; Plasmodium; Real time

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053973699     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000600008     Document Type: Article

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