Detection of sporozoites of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in mosquitoes by ELISA: false positivity associated with bovine and swine blood

High specificity of semi-nested multiple

High specificity of semi-nested multiplex PCR using dried blood spots on DNA Banking Card in comparison with frozen liquid blood for detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

✍ S. Ataei; M. Nateghpour; H. Hajjaran; G.H. Edrissian; A. Rahimi Foroushani 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 123 KB

Background: Venipuncture sampling in test tubes for detecting malaria parasites using PCR assays possesses a number of limitations such as reluctance of patients, some difficulties in transportation of blood samples and freezing them for long time. To overcome the mentioned limitations, some approa