Droplet Digital PCR for the Detection of Plasmodium falciparum DNA in Whole Blood and Serum: A Comparative Analysis with Other Molecular Methods.
Elena PomariRonaldo SilvaLucia MoroGiulia La MarcaFrancesca PerandinFederica VerraZeno BisoffiChiara PiubelliPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)
Absolute quantitation by ddPCR can be a flexible technique for Plasmodium detection, with potential application in the diagnosis of malaria. In particular, ddPCR is a powerful approach for Plasmodium DNA analysis on serum when blood samples are unavailable.
Keyphrases
- plasmodium falciparum
- real time pcr
- circulating tumor
- single molecule
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- cell free
- label free
- mass spectrometry
- ms ms
- liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
- high performance liquid chromatography
- liquid chromatography
- quantum dots
- circulating tumor cells
- solid phase extraction
- sensitive detection