00975nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002700054653003300081653001100114653001700125653003000142653003000172100001400202700001300216700001200229700001200241245015400253520033600407022001400743       2021                            d  c10/202110a
Mycobacterium leprae
10a
Mycobacterium lepromatosis
10a
rpoT
10aCo-infection10aMolecular diagnostic test10apolymerase chain reaction1 aDwivedi P1 aSharma M1 aPatel P1 aSingh P00aSimultaneous detection and differentiation between Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis using novel polymerase chain reaction primers.3 a<p>We have developed a polymerase chain reaction-based method to detect and distinguish Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis using a single set of primers based on a 45-bp difference in the amplicon size of their rpoT gene. This method can also help in detecting the cases of co-infection in a single experiment.</p>  a1346-8138