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

Abstract Background Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic protozoan parasite that can infect all warm-blooded animals including humans and cause serious clinical manifestations. Toxoplasmosis can be diagnosed using histological, serological, and molecular methods. In this study, we aimed to detect T...

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Main Authors: Mert Döşkaya, Hüsnü Pullukçu, Muhammet Karakavuk, Esra Atalay Şahar, Mehmet Sezai Taşbakan, Meltem Işıkgöz Taşbakan, Mümtaz Yılmaz, Hüseyin Can, Aysu Değirmenci Döşkaya, Adnan Yüksel Gürüz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4666-z