Sensitive and Inexpensive Molecular Test for Falciparum Malaria: Detecting Plasmodium falciparum DNA Directly from Heat-Treated Blood by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification,

LM Poon, Leo; WY Wong, Bonnie; HT Ma, Edmund; H Chan, Kwok; MC Chow, Larry; Abeyewickreme, Wimal; Tangpukdee, Noppadon; Y Yuen, Kwok; Guan, Yi; Looareesuwan, Sornchai; Malik Peiris, JS

doi:10.1373/clinchem.2005.057901

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Sensitive and Inexpensive Molecular Test for Falciparum Malaria: Detecting Plasmodium falciparum DNA Directly from Heat-Treated Blood by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification,

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Leo LM Poon

Bonnie WY Wong

Edmund HT Ma

Abstract

Abstract Background: Malaria is one of the most important parasitic infections in humans. A sensitive diagnostic test for malaria that could be applied at the community level could be useful in programs to control the disease. The aim of the present work was to develop a simple, inexpensive molecula...

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