Plasmodium falciparum: Underestimation of Dihydrofolate Reductase and Dihydropteroate Synthase Polymorphism in Field Samples: A Technical Shortcoming of Nested PCR Assays with Mutation-Specific Primers
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Experimental Parasitology
- Vol. 99 (3) , 115-122
- https://doi.org/10.1006/expr.2001.4660
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