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One-step reverse transcriptase PCR method for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi mRNA in mouse Lyme arthritis tissue
F X Limbach1, B Jaulhac, Y Piémont
1Institut de Bactériologie de la Faculté de Médecine, Université Louis Pasteur et Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|May 15, 1999
Abstract:
A one-step reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) method for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi mRNA in infected C3H mice is described. This simple procedure, less prone to nucleic acid cross-contamination than the standard method, was found to be 10-fold more sensitive than a classical two-step RT-PCR assay. By using one-step RT-PCR, flagellin mRNAs were detected in synovial and heart tissues from all seven infected mice tested.