Molecular diagnosis of malaria by photo-induced electron transfer fluorogenic primers: PET-PCR.

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Published in PLoS One on February 20, 2013

Authors

Naomi W Lucchi1, Jothikumar Narayanan, Mara A Karell, Maniphet Xayavong, Simon Kariuki, Alexandre J DaSilva, Vincent Hill, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. NLucchi@cdc.gov

Associated clinical trials:

Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Detection of Plasmodium Knowlesi | NCT03988296

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