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. 2012 Dec;50(12):4100-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02180-12. Epub 2012 Sep 26.

Two techniques for simultaneous identification of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri by use of the small-subunit rRNA gene

Hans-Peter Fuehrer  1 , Marie-Therese Stadler, Katharina Buczolich, Ingrid Bloeschl, Harald Noedl
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Two techniques for simultaneous identification of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri by use of the small-subunit rRNA gene

Hans-Peter Fuehrer et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

The primers traditionally used to detect Plasmodium ovale infections are known for not binding all P. ovale parasites within the small-subunit rRNA gene when used alone. We describe a simple, cost- and time-efficient multiplex nested PCR and a nested PCR using a novel set of primers for the simultaneous detection of P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri.

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