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SUBMITTER: Capuano R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6710240 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Capuano Rosamaria R Khomenko Iuliia I Grasso Felicia F Messina Valeria V Olivieri Anna A Cappellin Luca L Paolesse Roberto R Catini Alexandro A Ponzi Marta M Biasioli Franco F Di Natale Corrado C
Scientific reports 20190826 1
The discovery that Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) can be biomarkers for several diseases has led to the conception of their possible application as diagnostic tools. In this study, we aimed at defining of diagnostic signatures for the presence of malaria transmissible stages in infected individuals. To do this, we compared VOCs released by asexual and sexual stage cultures of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species of malaria, with those emitted by uninfected red blood cells (RBCs). VOC ...[more]