Comparison of an in house and a commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction targeting Toxoplasma gondii RE gene using various samples collected from patients in Turkey.

Mert DöşkayaHüsnü PullukçuMuhammet KarakavukEsra Atalay ŞaharMehmet Sezai TaşbakanMeltem Işıkgöz TaşbakanMümtaz YılmazHüseyin CanAysu Değirmenci DöşkayaAdnan Yüksel Gürüz

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Both the commercial and in house RT-PCR tests can be used to investigate T. gondii RE gene in various clinical specimens with their high sensitivity and specificity. In house RT-PCR assay can be favorable due to cost savings compared to using the commercial test.

Keyphrases

toxoplasma gondii
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
copy number
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
genome wide identification
gene expression
patient reported outcomes
real time pcr
patient reported
genome wide analysis
ultrasound guided