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DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 107, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116084
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Mycobacterium leprae; Genotype; PCR; RFLP; Epidemiology
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This study presents a novel method for genotyping Mycobacterium leprae, which combines multiplex PCR amplification and RFLP analysis using AgeI restriction enzyme. This method allows for the identification of the most prevalent 1D and 3I genotypes without the need for specialized equipment.
Mycobacterium leprae is classified into four SNP genotypes and 16 subtypes (from 1A to 4P) that exhibit phylogeographical association reported from around the world. Among them, genotypes 1D and 3I represent more than 60% of M. leprae strains. Here, we report a new method for M. leprae genotyping which identifies the genotypes 1D and 3I by combining multiplex PCR amplification and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of a M. leprae DNA amplicons using AgeI restriction enzyme. Agarose gel electrophoresis showed a deletion of 11 bp only among 3I genotypes by electrophoresis. When this multiplex PCR reaction is subjected to AgeI digestion, successful restriction digestion shows three bands for all the genotypes except 1D where only two bands were observed due to loss of restriction site. This method gives us the advantage of 1-step identification of the two most prevalent strains of M. leprae without using specialized equipments such as the Sanger sequencing system or quantitative PCR.(c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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