Comparison of the Performances of Five Primer Sets for the Detection and Quantification of Plasmodium in Anopheline Vectors by Real-Time PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Chaumeau, V ^a,b,c   Andolina, C ^d   Fustec, B ^b,c   Ndam, N Tuikue ^e,f   Brengues, C ^b   Herder, S ^c,g   Cerqueira, D ^c,d   Chareonviriyaphap, T ^c   Nosten, F ^d,h   Corbel, V ^b,c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University de Montpellier   (France)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DILUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOSQUITO; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROZOITE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; METABOLISM; MYANMAR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THAILAND;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CALIBRATION; DNA PRIMERS; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MYANMAR; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOROZOITES; THAILAND;

EID: 84979523635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159160     Document Type: Article

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