Cheap, rapid and efficient DNA extraction method to perform multilocus microsatellite genotyping on all Schistosoma mansoni stages

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2008 Aug;103(5):501-3. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762008000500017.

Abstract

Schistosomes are endoparasites causing a serious human disease called schistosomiasis. The quantification of parasite genetic diversity is an essential component to understand the schistosomiasis epidemiology and disease transmission patterns. In this paper, we propose a novel assay for a rapid, low costly and efficient DNA extraction method of egg, larval and adult stages of Schistosoma mansoni. One euro makes possible to perform 60,000 DNA extraction reactions at top speed (only 15 min of incubation and 5 handling steps).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomphalaria / parasitology
  • DNA, Helminth / isolation & purification*
  • Genotype
  • Life Cycle Stages
  • Mice
  • Microsatellite Repeats / genetics*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / economics*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Schistosoma mansoni / genetics*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • DNA, Helminth