Utility of Plasmodium falciparum DNA from rapid diagnostic test kits for molecular analysis and whole genome amplification

Table 2 Estimated cost and time consumption of four WGA kits

	REPLI-g^®(Qiagen)	MALBAC^TM (Yikon Genomic)	PicoPLEX^® (TaKaRa)	GenomePlex^® (Sigma)
Labor intensive	Less	Relative less	More	More
Time consuming^a	~ 20 h	~ 4 h	~ 4 h	~ 6 h
Cost/sample (USD)^a	18.73	31.92	37.11	12.90

^aThe cost and time consumption may subjected to vary depending upon laboratory facilities and taxes

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