Detección de casos submicroscópicos de Plasmodium spp, utilizando técnicas clásicas y moleculares en pacientes gestantes de Córdoba, Colombia / Detection of submicroscopic infection with Plasmodium spp, using classical and molecular techniques in pregnant patients from Córdoba, Colombia
la qRT-PCR es ventajosa en comparación con la PCR anidada porque su estandarización es más corta, requiere menos infraestructura y permite cuantificar el ADN.
21 women with clinical manifestations of malaria, including both pregnant and non-pregnant, were studied in Puerto Libertador, Córdoba, Colombia. Peripheral blood specimens were obtained from all of them; umbilical cord and placentablood specimens were taken in the pregnant ones. DNA was extracted and amplified for nested PCR or qRT-PCR. Statistical analysis was done using Graphpad PRISM and EPIDAT softwares.