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Using CF11 cellulose columns to inexpensively and effectively remove human DNA from Plasmodium falciparum-infected whole blood samples.

Meera Venkatesan | Chanaki Amaratunga | Susana Campino | Sarah Auburn | Oliver Koch | Pharath Lim | Sambunny Uk | Duong Socheat | Dominic P Kwiatkowski | Rick M Fairhurst | Christopher V Plowe
Malaria journal | 2012

Genome and transcriptome studies of Plasmodium nucleic acids obtained from parasitized whole blood are greatly improved by depletion of human DNA or enrichment of parasite DNA prior to next-generation sequencing and microarray hybridization. The most effective method currently used is a two-step procedure to deplete leukocytes: centrifugation using density gradient media followed by filtration through expensive, commercially available columns. This method is not easily implemented in field studies that collect hundreds of samples and simultaneously process samples for multiple laboratory analyses. Inexpensive syringes, hand-packed with CF11 cellulose powder, were recently shown to improve ex vivo cultivation of Plasmodium vivax obtained from parasitized whole blood. This study was undertaken to determine whether CF11 columns could be adapted to isolate Plasmodium falciparum DNA from parasitized whole blood and achieve current quantity and purity requirements for Illumina sequencing.

Pubmed ID: 22321373

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Associated grants

  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: 089275
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: 090532
  • Agency: Intramural NIH HHS, United States
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: 098051
  • Agency: Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
    Id: G19/9
  • Agency: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
  • Agency: Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
    Id: G0600718

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