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Table 1 Primer assays used for genus- and P. falciparum species-specific amplification

From: Widespread pfhrp2/3 deletions and HRP2-based false-negative results in southern Ethiopia

 

Name of primer

Sequences 5′–3′

Expected band size (bp)

N1 (genus-specific)

rPLU6

TTAAAATTGTTGCAGTTAAAACG

1200

rPLU5

CCT GTT GTT GCC TTA AAC TTC

N2 (species-specific)

rFAL1

TTA AAC TGG TTT GGG AAA ACC AAA TAT ATT

205

rFAL2

ACA CAA TAG ACT CAA TCA TGA CTA CCC GTC