Polymerase chain reaction–based tests for pan‐species and species‐specific detection of human Plasmodium parasites

BACKGROUND: There is still a need to improve the sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for malaria to detect submicroscopic asexual stage Plasmodium infections during the early phase and chronic, asymptomatic phase of infection when the parasite burden is very low.

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