Accurate and sensitive detection of Plasmodium species in humans by use of the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase linker region.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Tanomsing N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2953080 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature