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Table 1 Efficiency of blood PCR assays

From: Polymerase chain reaction–based assays for the diagnosis of human brucellosis

Primer

Sequence

Target gene

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

Reference

B4

TGGCTCGGTTGCCAATATCAA

bcsp31

100

100

100

98

14

B5

CGCGCTTGCCTTTCAGGTCTG

      

JPF

GCGCTCAGGCTGCCGACGCAA

omp2

98

100

100

96.1

14

JPR

ACCAGCCATTGCGGTCGGTA

      

P1

TGGAGGTCAGAAATGAAC

omp2

99

100

100

98

14

P2

GAGTGCGAAACGAGCGC

      

26A

GCCCCTGACATAACCCGCTT

bp26

98.5

100

100

97.1

14

26B

GAGCGTGACATTTGCCGATA

      

F4

TCGAGCGCCCGCAAGGGG

16S

53.1

100

53.1

100

35

R2

AACCATAGTGTCTCCACTAA

rRNA