Comparison of two nested PCR methods for the detection of human malaria

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-466

  Anthony, C ^a   Mahmud, R ^a   Lau, Y L ^a   Syedomar, Syedomar F ^a   Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, INTERGENIC; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 84884744094     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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