A new set of primers for the detection ofToxoplasma gondiiin amniotic fluid using polymerase chain reaction

NEW PRIMERS FOR DETECTION OF Leishmania infantumUSING POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

Leishmania infantum causes visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the New World. The diagnosis of VL is confirmed by parasitological and serological tests, which are not always sensitive or specific. Our aim was to design new primers to perform a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for detecting L. infantum. Sequences of the minicircle kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) were obtained from GenBank, and the FLC2/RLC2 pr...

Detection of Babesia ovis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Application of specific primers and polymerase chain reaction for identification of ralstonia solanacearum biovar2

Prenatal detection of trisomy 21 and 18 from amniotic fluid by quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction.

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal trisomies is usually performed by cytogenetic analysis on amniotic fluid. This requires lengthy laboratory procedures and high costs, and is unsuitable for large scale screening of pregnant women. An alternative method, which is both rapid and inexpensive and suitable for diagnosing trisomies even from single fetal cells, is the fluorescent polymerase chain reaction ...

Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Directly from Blood Samples Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction