SynthesisScientific reports2021
Comparative performance of PCR using DNA extracted from dried blood spots and whole blood samples for malaria diagnosis: a meta-analysis.
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- Point of care performance of the improved BIOCREDIT Ag Pf/Pv (pLDH/pLDH) rapid diagnostic test: a cross-sectional study at a health center setting in Ethiopia.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Neglected parasitic diseases from a one-health perspective: American trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis in dogs and humans in the Bolivian Chaco.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Optimization of Total DNA Extraction from Dried Blood Samples.Biochemical genetics · 2025Article
- Evaluation of dried blood spot sampling for real-time PCR malaria diagnostics in a rural setting in Angola.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- PHARE: a bioinformatics pipeline for compositional profiling of multiclonal Plasmodium falciparum infections from long-read Nanopore sequencing data.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2024Article
- Feasibility of community at-home dried blood spot collection combined with pooled reverse transcription PCR as a viable and convenient method for malaria epidemiology studies.Malaria journal · 2022Article
- Tenfold difference in DNA recovery rate: systematic comparison of whole blood vs. dried blood spot sample collection for malaria molecular surveillance.Malaria journal · 2022Article
- Limited Reliability of the Molecular Detection ofMicroorganisms · 2022Article
- RNA purification-free detection of SARS-CoV-2 using reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP).Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
- Rethinking detection of pre-existing and interveningFrontiers in immunology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extracted from dried blood spots (DBS) provides a fast, inexpensive, and convenient method for large-scale epidemiological studies. This study compared the performance of PCR between DNA extracted from DBS and DNA obtained from whole blood for detecting malarial parasites. Primary studies assessing the diagnostic performance of PCR using DNA extracted from DBS and whole blood for detecting malarial parasites were obtained from the ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed databases. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were plotted in forest plots using Review Manager version 5.3. Statistical analysis was performed via random-effects meta-analysis. Data heterogeneity was assessed using the I
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