BurkDiff: a real-time PCR allelic discrimination assay for Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei.

BurkDiff: a real-time PCR allelic discrimination assay for Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei.

A real-time PCR assay, BurkDiff, was designed to target a unique conserved region in the B. pseudomallei and B. mallei genomes containing a SNP that differentiates the two species. Sensitivity and specificity were assessed by screening BurkDiff across 469 isolates of B. pseudomallei, 49 isolates of...

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Main Authors: Jolene R Bowers, David M Engelthaler, Jennifer L Ginther, Talima Pearson, Sharon J Peacock, Apichai Tuanyok, David M Wagner, Bart J Currie, Paul S Keim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2980470?pdf=render
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Summary:A real-time PCR assay, BurkDiff, was designed to target a unique conserved region in the B. pseudomallei and B. mallei genomes containing a SNP that differentiates the two species. Sensitivity and specificity were assessed by screening BurkDiff across 469 isolates of B. pseudomallei, 49 isolates of B. mallei, and 390 isolates of clinically relevant non-target species. Concordance of results with traditional speciation methods and no cross-reactivity to non-target species show BurkDiff is a robust, highly validated assay for the detection and differentiation of B. pseudomallei and B. mallei.
ISSN:1932-6203

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