Giemsa-stained thick blood films as a source of DNA for <it>Plasmodium </it>species-specific real-time PCR

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This study describes the use of thick blood films (TBF) as specimens for DNA amplification with the <it>Plasmodium </it>species-specific real-time PCR that was recently validated on whole blood samples.</p> <p>...

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Main Authors: Bottieau Emmanuel, Van Esbroeck Marjan, Cnops Lieselotte, Jacobs Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/370