High-speed shaking of frozen blood clots for extraction of human and malaria parasite DNA

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Frozen blood clots remaining after serum collection is an often disregarded source of host and pathogen DNA due to troublesome handling and suboptimal outcome.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>High-speed shaking of clot...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Adan, Lebbad Marianne, Macharia Alex, Lundblom Klara, Färnert Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/229