Article
Optimal sample storage and extraction procotols for reliable multilocus genotyping of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2011
Van den Broeck F, Geldof S, Polman K, Volckaert F A M, Huyse T
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping individual larval stages and eggs of natural parasite populations is complicated by the difficulty of obtaining reliable genotypes from low quantity DNA template. A suitable storage and extraction protocol, together with a thorough quantification of genotyping errors are therefore crucial for molecular epidemiological studies. Here we test the robustness, handling time, ease of use, cost effectiveness...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Helminth
- Feces
- Genotype
- Humans
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Schistosoma mansoni
- Schistosomiasis mansoni
