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Diagnosis and genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum by a DNA biosensor based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM).
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Aug 2011
Potipitak Tiparat, Ngrenngarmlert Warunee, Promptmas Chamras, Chomean Sirinart, Ittarat Wanida
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BACKGROUND: Malaria infection with Plasmodium falciparum is an important basic health problem in the tropical and sub-tropical countries. The standard diagnostic method is blood film examination to visualize parasite morphology. However, in cases of low parasitemia or mixed infection with very low cryptic species, microscopy is not sensitive enough. Therefore, molecular techniques have been widely employed....
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