A reproducible method for extraction of Plasmodium falciparum DNA by microwave irradiation and its potential for rapid molecular diagnosis

• Main Authors: Jaturas, N., Onnoi, N., Kumar, T., Jie, B.M.G., Onichandran, S., Ponnampalavanar, S., Thanwisai, A., Tan, T.C., Sawangjaroen, N., Nissapatorn, V.
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/16279/

Malaria remains one of the most important communicable diseases. A rapid, simple and accurate method is a crucial part of malaria diagnosis. The aim of this study was to re-evaluate the microwave irradiation method to extract DNA from Plasmodium falciparum and compare with six other existing DNA ext...