Table 4 |
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Comparison of time and cost for conducting each malaria diagnosis assay |
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| Diagnosis Method |
Cost Per Sample (USD) |
Set Up Costs (USD) |
Preparation & Post amplification (min) |
Slide examination/or Thermal cycling (min) |
Total time (min) |
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| Microscopy |
0.27 |
3,770 |
15 |
10 |
25 |
| Multiplex PCR |
6.28 |
36,028 |
240 |
360 |
600 |
| Nested PCR |
7.84 |
36,028 |
270 |
425 |
695 |
| Real-time PCR |
8.76 |
31,031 |
150 |
120 |
270 |
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Prices are for products bought in Australia and Thailand and are converted to US dollars (USD). Prices include all consumables and equipment to carry out the procedures. These are the approximate times required to perform the speciation of a single sample, including DNA extraction for molecular techniques. |
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Boonma et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:124 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-124 |
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