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Year: 2006 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 353-357
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2006.353.357
Reliable DNA Extraction on Historical Malaria Negative Smears Conducted to Nested PCR in South-East of Iran
A. Ebrahimzadeh, M. Polshakan, M.I. Qureshi and I. Sharifi

Abstract: The reliability of PCR depends on many factors, such as high quality DNA pellets obtained from fixed Giemsa-stained blood samples, good reagents and adequate conditions of amplification. In account of this limitations, a retrospective epidemiological study for malaria diagnosis was conducted in a hypoendemic area, Sistan and Baluchestan province of south-east of Iran. For the first time this research designed to perform a nested PCR protocol using new and modified method of DNA extraction from negative Fixed and Giemsa Stained smears. This study demonstrated 11.55% PCR positive for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum which were undetectable by microscopy.

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A. Ebrahimzadeh, M. Polshakan, M.I. Qureshi and I. Sharifi, 2006. Reliable DNA Extraction on Historical Malaria Negative Smears Conducted to Nested PCR in South-East of Iran. Biotechnology, 5: 353-357.

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