A direct comparison of real time PCR on plasma and blood to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection in children Full Text
Malaria Journal, 06/21/2012
Lamikanra AA et al. – The data presented here demonstrates that low levels of parasitaemia are better detected by qPCR using parasite DNA from whole blood than from plasma. However plasma samples provide a viable substitute when parasite smears are unavailable.



