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Protocol for Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Mosquitoes and Infection Phenotype Determination
Published on: July 3, 2007
Genetic polymorphisms influence Plasmodium ovale PCR detection accuracy
A Calderaro1, G Piccolo, F Perandin
1Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Section of Microbiology, Viale A. Gramsci, 14-43100 Parma, Italy. adriana.calderaro@unipr.it
Abstract:
Detection of Plasmodium ovale by use of a nested PCR assay with a novel Plasmodium ovale primer set was superior to detection of Plasmodium ovale by real-time PCR assays. Nested PCR was also better at detecting P. malariae. The detection of P. ovale in many patients first admitted >2 months following their return to Italy indicated that P. ovale relapses are common.

