A novel, sensitive assay for high-throughput molecular detection of plasmodia for active screening of malaria for elimination

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-130

  Cheng, Zhibin ^a   Sun, Xiaodong ^b   Yang, Ye ^a   Wang, Heng ^a   Zheng, Zhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEVER; FREEZE THAWING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SANDWICH RNA HYBRIDIZATION ASSAY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84871700131     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02010-12     Document Type: Article

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