Evaluation of real-time PCR targeting the lipL32 gene for diagnosis of Leptospira infection.
Daša PodgoršekEva Ružić-SabljićMateja LogarAndrea PavlovićTatjana RemecZvonko BaklanEmil PalTjaša Cerar KišekPublished in: BMC microbiology (2020)
A comparison of the two PCR methods indicated that the RT-PCR targeting of the lipL32 gene was faster, more sensitive and more specific for the determination of Leptospira DNA in these clinical samples.