PMID: 30148292Aug 1, 2016Paper

Efficacy of Capture and Ligation Probe-PCR with#br# Pooling Strategy in Detection of Plasmodium spp

Zhongguo ji sheng chong xue yu ji sheng chong bing za zhi = Chinese journal of parasitology & parasitic diseases
Yao-wu ZhouXiao-dong Sun

Abstract

The capture and ligation probe-PCR(CLIP-PCR) with pooling strategy method and microscopy were applied on 100 clinical samples(7 positive and 93 negative samples) from the malaria reference laboratory in Yunnan Province. By calculating the detection rate, sensitivity, specificity, detection time and detection cost, the efficacy of the CLIP-PCR with pooling strategy method in detecting Plasmodium spp. was evaluated. The CLIP-PCR with matrix pooling strategy successfully detected Plasmodium spp. in all the 7 positive samples. Its sensitivity and specificity relative to the microscopy as a gold standard were both 100%. The detection time for all the samples by CLIP-PCR was 5.0 h, 85.0% shorter than that by microscopy(33.3 h), and the detection cost was 300 yuan, 75.0% less than that by microscopy (1 000 yuan).

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