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SUBMITTER: Tanomsing N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3838052 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanomsing Naowarat N Imwong Mallika M Sutherland Colin J CJ Dolecek Christiane C Hien Tran Tinh TT Nosten Francois F Day Nicholas P J NP White Nicholas J NJ Snounou Georges G
Journal of clinical microbiology 20130925 12
We present a seminested PCR method that specifically discriminates between Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. ovale wallikeri with high sensitivity. The test is based on species-specific amplification of a size-polymorphic fragment of the tryptophan-rich antigen gene, potra, which also permits discrimination of intraspecific sequence variants at this locus. ...[more]