Comparing the results of light microscopy with the results of PCR method in the diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax

Background & objectives: Although polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a new technique in thediagnosis of malaria with very high accuracy; light microscopy is still conventional diagnosticmethod in Iran. In this study we checked the accuracy of light microscopy using the results of PCRas gold stan...

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Main Author: Ali-Akbar Haghdoost, Shahrzad Mazhari , Kambiz Bahadini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2006-06-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/432053.PDF