Detection and Species Determination of Malaria Parasites by PCR: Comparison with Microscopy and with ParaSight-F and ICT Malaria Pf Tests in a Clinical Environment

A rapid procedure for the diagnosis of malaria infections directly from dried blood spots by PCR amplification was evaluated with samples from 52 patients. Plasmodium infections were identified with a genus-specific primer set, and species differentiation between Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium...

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Main Authors: Tham, Jill M., Lee, Szu Hee, Tan, Theresa M. C., Ting, Robert C. Y., Kara, Ursula A. K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Parasitology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC84748/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10203469
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