PCR - based diagnosis to evaluate the performance of malaria reference centers Diagnóstico baseado em PCR para avaliar o desempenho de centros de referência em malária
Although the Giemsa-stained thick blood smear (GTS) remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of malaria, molecular methods are more sensitive and specific to detect parasites and can be used at reference centers to evaluate the performance of microscopy. The description of the Plasmodium falcipar...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2004-08-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652004000400002 |
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