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| Title |
A nested real-time PCR assay for the quantification of Plasmodium falciparum DNA extracted from dried blood spots
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-393 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tuan M Tran, Amirali Aghili, Shanping Li, Aissata Ongoiba, Kassoum Kayentao, Safiatou Doumbo, Boubacar Traore, Peter D Crompton |
| Abstract |
As public health efforts seek to eradicate malaria, there has been an emphasis on eliminating low-density parasite reservoirs in asymptomatic carriers. As such, diagnosing submicroscopic Plasmodium infections using PCR-based techniques has become important not only in clinical trials of malaria vaccines and therapeutics, but also in active malaria surveillance campaigns. However, PCR-based quantitative assays that rely on nucleic acid extracted from dried blood spots (DBS) have demonstrated lower sensitivity than assays that use cryopreserved whole blood as source material. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 118 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 113 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 19 | 16% |
| Researcher | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 23 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 37 | 31% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 18 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 11% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 28 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 October 2014.
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#4,166,518
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Outputs from Malaria Journal
#1,051
of 5,554 outputs
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#46,837
of 254,034 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#16
of 98 outputs
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