BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In Iran, anaplasmosis is normally diagnosed with traditional Giemsa staining method. This is not applicable for identification of the carrier animals. The aim of this study was to compare the detection of Anaplasma marginale in two different numbers of microscopic fields (50 and 100) using conventional Giemsa staining method compared with the PCR-RFLP technique. MATE...

BACKGROUND We aimed to develop a PCR-RFLP assay based on available sequences of putative vertebrate hosts to identify blood meals ingested by field female sand fly in the northwest of Iran. In addition, the utility of PCR-RFLP was compared with ELISA as a standard method. METHODS This experimental study was performed in the Insect Molecular Biology Laboratory of School of Public Health, Tehra...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Glycoprotein B (gB), involved in cell-to-cell transmission of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), is a critical factor in tissue tropism and viral pathogenesis. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficiency of PCR-based RFLP and multiplex nested PCR for gB gene of HCMV to determine their genotype in clinical specimens from patients with HCMV. METHODS The PCR base...

The 16 somatic serotype type strains and 60 field isolates of Pasteurella multocida, representing various avian species and geographic regions in Hungary, were characterised by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of the ompH gene with DraI restriction endonuclease. The type strains yielded eight different (I-VIII) profiles. Strains whose PCR fragment was uncut by Dr...

OBJECTIVES To employ polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis for the rapid differentiation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae protein IB (PIB) isolates and to compare its usefulness with the widely accepted auxotype/serovar classification scheme. METHODS The outer membrane protein IB genes of 47 gonococcal isolates belonging to 10 different serovars ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with subsequent restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis is often used for phytoplasma identification and classification. Although these techniques are very sensitive and specific, in some cases, nonspecific reactions, false positives and negatives results, as well as unusual or illegible profiles after RFLP analyses, amplification of plant host ́s...

Latar Belakang : Stroke merupakan penyebab utama kematian dan kecacatan di dunia. Terjadinya stroke iskemik dipengaruhi oleh faktor genetik, lingkungan interaksi keduanya. Variasi genetik gen Angiotensinogen (AGT) M235T berhubungan dengan hipertensi diabetes mellitus yang resiko dari stroke.
 Tujuan Mengidentifikasi variasi pada penderita Iskemik Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Dr. Kariadi, Semaran...

BACKGROUND In 2009, 3 genome-wide association studies implicated IL28B single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as the strongest genetic pretreatment predictor of sustained virological response (SVR) in hepatitis C infection. Recently, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) included IL28B testing in their gui...