Rapid and accurate methods are needed for the diagnosis of imported malaria. The ParaSight-F test and the ICT Malaria Pf test are commercially available kits marketed for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Both tests are antigen-capture assays based on the detection of P. falciparum his
Diagnosis of Plasmodium malariae infection by the polymerase chain reaction
β Scribed by Rachida Tahar; Pascal Ringwald; Leonardo K. Basco
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 464 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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