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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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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