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Plasmodium falciparum: PCR detection and genotyping of isolates from peripheral, placental, and cord blood of pregnant Malawian women and their infants.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Kamwendo Deborah D, Dzinjalamala Fraction K, Snounou Georges, Kanjala Maxwell C C, Mhango Chisale G, Molyneux Malcolm E, Rogerson Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is both a sensitive means of detecting malaria parasitaemia, and a simple tool for identifying genetic differences in parasites infecting human subjects. We compared PCR to microscopy in detection of Plasmodium falciparum infection in peripheral, placental and cord...
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