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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013985/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29977122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-018-0100-2 |