Amplicons generated with <i>Tv</i>PRAC PCR on DNA of different trypanosome taxa at 1 ng/µl, except for lanes 4, 8 and 9 where the specimen contains also host DNA.

Abstract

<p>Lanes 1 and 16 = 100 bp marker, lane 2 = <i>T. vivax</i> Y486, lane 3 = <i>T. vivax</i> Fc, lane 4 = <i>T. vivax</i> Sh, lane 5 = <i>T. vivax</i> 4337, lane 6 = <i>T. vivax</i> 4338, lane 7 = <i>T. vivax</i> Di, lanes 8 & 9 <i>T. vivax</i> LIEM 176, lane 10 = <i>T. congolense</i>, lane 11 = <i>T. brucei brucei</i>, lane 12 = <i>T. evansi</i>, lane 13 = <i>T. equiperdum</i>, lane 14 = <i>T. theileri</i>, lane 15 = negative extraction control.</p