PCR-based detection of Plasmodium falciparum in saliva using mitochondrial cox3 and varATS primers

BACKGROUND: Sampling of saliva for diagnosing Plasmodium falciparum infections is a safe, non-invasive alternative to sampling of blood. However, the use of saliva presents a challenge because lower concentrations of parasite DNA are present in saliva compared to peripheral blood. Therefore, a sensi...

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Published in:Trop Med Health
Main Authors: Lloyd, Yukie M., Esemu, Livo F., Antallan, Jovikka, Thomas, Bradley, Tassi Yunga, Samuel, Obase, Bekindaka, Christine, Nana, Leke, Rose G. F., Culleton, Richard, Mfuh, Kenji Obadiah, Nerurkar, Vivek R., Taylor, Diane Wallace
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013985/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977122
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-018-0100-2
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