Sensitivity of the nested-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for Brugia malayi and signi®cance of `free' DNA in PCR-based assays

The blood filtration method was used as the gold standard to determine the detection level of simple blood-spot sampling and nested-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Brugia malayi. Of 100 samples, 48 were filtration-positive. Of these, 26 had microfilaria counts that were low enough (<1–29 micr...

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Main Authors: Cox-Singh, J., Pomrehn, Andrea S., Wolfe, Nathan D., Hasan, A. Rahman, Huong-Ying, Lu, Balbir, Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2000
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15864/
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