A general SNP-based molecular barcode for Plasmodium falciparum identification and tracking

Background: Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping provides the means to develop a practical, rapid, inexpensive assay that will uniquely identify any Plasmodium falciparum parasite using a small amount of DNA. Such an assay could be used to distinguish recrudescence from re-infection in...

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Main Authors: Daniels, Rachel F., Volkman, Sarah K., Milner, Danny A., Mahesh, Nira, Neafsey, Daniel E., Park, Daniel J., Rosen, David, Angelino, Elaine, Sabeti, Pardis C., Wirth, Dyann F., Wiegand, Roger C.
Other Authors: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49467