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. 2022 Jun 29;11(7):737.
doi: 10.3390/pathogens11070737.

Multiplexing for Plasmodium spp.? Think Again! Comment on Bhowmick et al. Dry Post Wintertime Mass Surveillance Unearths a Huge Burden of P. vivax, and Mixed Infection with P. vivax P. falciparum, a Threat to Malaria Elimination, in Dhalai, Tripura, India. Pathogens 2021, 10, 1259

Nimita Deora  1 , Sonalika Kar  1 , Abhinav Sinha  1
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Multiplexing for Plasmodium spp.? Think Again! Comment on Bhowmick et al. Dry Post Wintertime Mass Surveillance Unearths a Huge Burden of P. vivax, and Mixed Infection with P. vivax P. falciparum, a Threat to Malaria Elimination, in Dhalai, Tripura, India. Pathogens 2021, 10, 1259

Nimita Deora et al. Pathogens. .

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The study by Bhowmick et al. [...].

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