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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Ehime University, Ehime, JP;
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Tsuboi, Matsuyama, JP;
Eun-Taek Han, Chuncheon, JP;
EHIME UNIVERSITY, Ehime, JP;
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an easy and rapid method for detecting/identifying the presence or absence of specificparasites and four species of malaria parasites in a human specimen, an anti-malaria measure support system, and a malaria infection-prevention/treatment system, which can contribute to practical diagnosis in a malaria endemic area. According to the present invention, using a genus-specific primer set that can detect four Plasmodium parasites that infect humans at a time, and the primer sets each specific to each of four species ofparasites (, and), the presence or absence of infection with these parasites can be detected/identified easily and rapidly.