Hexaplex PCR detection system for identification of five human Plasmodium species with an internal control

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4012-4019

  Chew, Ching Hoong ^a   Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian ^a   Lee, Ping Chin ^b   Mahmud, Rohela ^a   Chua, Kek Heng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; HEXAPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE CURTISI; PLASMODIUM OVALE WALLIKERI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

HEXAPLEX; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84869211882     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06454-11     Document Type: Article

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