Nucleic acid probes specific for Plasmodium vivax and methods of using the same

摘要

Disclosed are the DNA sequences of probes specific for Plasmodium vivax and the methods by which they were obtained. These nucleic acid sequences proved useful in detection of malaria in man caused by P. vivax by nucleic acid hybridization assays. The high sensitivity of these assays and the ease with which they can be performed enables them to be used for analyses of blood and other tissues of vertebrates and the invertebrates.