Multiplex qPCR for Detection and Absolute Quantification of Malaria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kamau, Edwin ^a   Alemayehu, Saba ^a   Feghali, Karla C ^a   Saunders, David ^b   Ockenhouse, Christian F ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MALARIA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883232596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071539     Document Type: Article

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