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Detection and Identification of <i>Leishmania</i> DNA within Naturally Infected Sand Flies by Seminested PCR on Minicircle Kinetoplastic DNA
1 May 2000
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A seminested PCR assay was developed in order to amplify the kinetoplast minicircle of Leishmania species from individual sand flies. The kinetoplast minicircle is an ideal target because it is present in 10,000 copies per cell and its sequence is known for most Leishmania species. The two-step PCR is carried out in a single tube using three primers, which were designed within the conserved area of the minicircle...
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