PCR Detection of Bartonella spp. and Borreliella spp. DNA in Dry Blood Spot Samples from Human Patients
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Human Patient and Control Subjects
2.2. Sample Collection and PCR Testing
2.3. DNA Sequence Analysis
2.4. Data and Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Human Patient and Control Subjects
3.2. DNA Concentration and Quality
3.3. PCR Testing and DNA Sequence Analysis
3.4. Borreliella spp. Detected
3.5. Bartonella spp. DNA Sequence Analysis
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Clark, K.L.; Hartman, S. PCR Detection of Bartonella spp. and Borreliella spp. DNA in Dry Blood Spot Samples from Human Patients. Pathogens 2024, 13, 727. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13090727
Clark KL, Hartman S. PCR Detection of Bartonella spp. and Borreliella spp. DNA in Dry Blood Spot Samples from Human Patients. Pathogens. 2024; 13(9):727. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13090727
Chicago/Turabian StyleClark, Kerry L., and Shirley Hartman. 2024. "PCR Detection of Bartonella spp. and Borreliella spp. DNA in Dry Blood Spot Samples from Human Patients" Pathogens 13, no. 9: 727. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13090727