Accurate and Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium Species in Humans by Use of the Dihydrofolate Reductase-Thymidylate Synthase Linker Region

作者:Tanomsing Naowarat; Imwong Mallika*; Theppabutr Sasikrit; Pukrittayakamee Sasithon; Day Nicholas P J; White Nicholas J; Snounou Georges
来源:Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2010, 48(10): 3735-3737.
DOI:10.1128/JCM.00898-10

摘要

A nested-PCR protocol based on the linker region of the Plasmodium dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase gene (dhfr-ts) was developed. This provides highly sensitive specific detection and identification of the five parasite species that infect humans.

  • 出版日期2010-10