Considerations on the use of nucleic acid-based amplification for malaria parasite detection

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Proux, Stéphane ^a   Suwanarusk, Rossarin ^b,c   Barends, Marion ^a   Zwang, Julien ^a   Price, Ric N ^b,d   Leimanis, Mara ^a   Kiricharoen, Lily ^a   Laochan, Natthapon ^a   Russell, Bruce ^b,c   Nosten, François ^a,d   Snounou, Georges ^e,f,g  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYANMAR; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054978969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-323     Document Type: Article

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