Performance evaluation of multiplex PCR including Aspergillus—not so simple!: Table 1.

Simple and Rapid Detection of Yersinia Pestis and Francisella Tularensis using Multiplex-PCR

Background: Yersinia pestis and Francisella tularensis cause plague and tularemia, which are known as diseases of the newborn and elderly, respectively. Immunological and culture-based detection methods of these bacteria are time-consuming, costly, complicated and require advanced equipment. We aimed to design and synthesize a gene structure as positive control for molecular detection of these ...

Evaluation of a multiplex PCR assay (Bruce-ladder) for molecular typing of all Brucella species, including the vaccine strains.

An evaluation of a multiplex PCR assay (Bruce-ladder) was performed in seven laboratories using 625 Brucella strains from different animal and geographical origins. This robust test can differentiate in a single step all of the classical Brucella species, including those found in marine mammals and the S19, RB51, and Rev.1 vaccine strains.

Evaluation of pneumococcal serotyping by multiplex PCR and quellung reactions.

Screening of 1,750 pneumococcal isolates for common serotypes by PCR was followed by Quellung reaction analysis of PCR-negative isolates with a comparison to the conventional (Quellung reaction only) approach. PCR agreed with Quellung reaction results for 99% of isolates. The sequential PCR/Quellung reaction algorithm is accurate and more cost-effective than the conventional approach.

The Limits of Multiplex PCR

Table structure understanding and its performance evaluation

With the large number of existing documents and the increasing speed in the production of new documents, finding efficient methods to process these documents for their content retrieval and storage becomes critical. Tables are a popular and efficient document element type. Therefore, table structure understanding is an important problem in the document layout analysis field. This paper presents...