Stability of gametocyte-specific Pfs25-mRNA in dried blood spots on filter paper subjected to different storage conditions

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pritsch, Michael ^a,b   Wieser, Andreas ^b   Soederstroem, Victor ^a   Poluda, David ^a   Eshetu, Teferi ^a,c   Hoelscher, Michael ^a,b   Schubert, Soeren ^b   Shock, Jonathan ^d   Loescher, Thomas ^a   Berens Riha, Nicole ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; Epidemiology; Filter paper; Gametocytes; Malaria; Pfs25 mRNA; Plasmodium falciparum; Real time QT NASBA; Storage conditions

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FILTER; FREEZING; GAMETOCYTE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BLOOD; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SELF-SUSTAINED SEQUENCE REPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862203799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-138     Document Type: Article

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