A new real-time PCR for the detection of Plasmodium ovale wallikeri.

It has been proposed that ovale malaria in humans is caused by two closely related but distinct species of malaria parasites: P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri. We have extended and optimized a Real-time PCR assay targeting the parasite's small subunit ribosomal RNA (ssrRNA) gene to detec...

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Main Authors: Adriana Calderaro, Giovanna Piccolo, Chiara Gorrini, Sara Montecchini, Sabina Rossi, Maria Cristina Medici, Carlo Chezzi, Georges Snounou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480495?pdf=render