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Table 1 Sample card extraction

From: Multiplex-RT-PCR-ELISA panel for detecting mosquito-borne pathogens: Plasmodium sp. preserved and eluted from dried blood spots on sample cards

 

Klüber methoda

Klüber-Grüner method

Grüner method [17]

Amount

Six paper disks (3 mm)

Six paper disks (3 mm)

Six paper disks (3 mm)

Time

1 h at 750 rpm

1 h at 750 rpm

Gently shaking overnight

Temperature

72 °C

72 °C

Room temperature

Buffer/process

300 μl of nuclease-free water. Vortex reaction tubes every 15 min

300 µl PBS-buffer containing Tween 20 and 0.9% NaCl. Vortex reaction tubes every 15 min

300 µl of PBS-buffer containing Tween 20 and 0.9% NaCl

  1. Positive controls spotted on Whatman® 903 protein sample cards were extracted by one of the three methods indicated
  2. aJ. Klüber, Master’s Thesis, unpublished