Use of molecular beacon probes for real-time PCR detection of Plasmodium falciparum and other plasmodium species in peripheral blood specimens

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Feb;44(2):622-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.622-624.2006.

Abstract

We describe the development and evaluation of a novel pair of real-time, fluorescence-based PCR assays using molecular beacon probes for rapid, sensitive, and specific detection and quantification of Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium species organisms.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA Primers
  • Fluoresceins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Humans
  • Malaria / diagnosis*
  • Malaria / parasitology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Molecular Probe Techniques*
  • Parasitemia / diagnosis*
  • Parasitemia / parasitology
  • Plasmodium / classification
  • Plasmodium / genetics
  • Plasmodium / isolation & purification*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / classification
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Fluoresceins
  • Fluorescent Dyes