Test Code MPSSP Plasmodium (Malaria) DNA PCR Species

Infectious

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Whole Blood
Container/Tube: Lavender Top (EDTA)
Specimen Volume: 3.0 mL

7 days, ambient or refrigerated

Polymerase Chain Reaction, Species Differentiation

TAT 9 days

National University Hospital
Molecular Diagnosis Centre, 67724384

For species differentiation of Plasmodium infection including P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale and P.knowlesi

LBC13368

1033102

Last updated 17/03/2026

LOINC: 41450-8; 41449-0; 41448-2; 70568-1; 70568-1

LAB3040289