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Table 7 The described method is markedly less expensive than commercially available kit-based methods

From: An improved nucleic acid extraction method from dried blood spots for amplification of Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 for detection of artemisinin resistance

 

Home-made buffers

RLT-plus buffers

Qiagen kits

Omega EZ DNA plate

Nunc DNA plate

Omega EZ DNA plate

Nunc DNA plate

QIAamp

Investigator

High-throughput?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cost per sample

$1.77

$1.93

$2.66

$2.82

$7.87

$15.41

  1. The increased sensitivity of the Nunc DNA plates comes at slightly increased cost. Based on list prices for all consumables for 10,000 extractions