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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 97, 2003 - Issue 1
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A single-step, PCR-based method for the detection and differentiation of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum

E. PatsoulaDepartment of ParasitologyEntomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521, Athens, Greece; Hellenic Centre for the Control of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Opportunistic Infections, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521, Athens, Greece
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G. SpanakosDepartment of ParasitologyEntomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521, Athens, Greece; Hellenic Centre for the Control of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Opportunistic Infections, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521, Athens, Greece
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D. SofianatouBlood BankNIMTS Veterans' Army Hospital, 10 Monis Petraki Street, 11521, Athens, Greece
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M. PararaBlood BankNIMTS Veterans' Army Hospital, 10 Monis Petraki Street, 11521, Athens, Greece
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N. C. VakalisDepartment of ParasitologyEntomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras Avenue, 11521, Athens, Greece
Pages 15-21 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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