The perils of PCR: can we accurately 'correct' antimalarial trials?

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Published in Trends Parasitol on January 18, 2010

Authors

Jonathan J Juliano1, Nahla Gadalla, Colin J Sutherland, Steven R Meshnick

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

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