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. 1998 Feb;36(2):526–530. doi: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.526-530.1998

TABLE 2.

Comparison of four primer sets for the detection of positive PBL and serum samples by PCR

Primer set No. (%) of positive samples
PBL samples (n = 148) Serum samples (n = 136)
HindIII-X fragment 70 (47) 25 (18)
EcoRI fragment D 58 (39) 22 (16)
IEA1 gene 21 (14) 18 (13)
MIE gene 12 (8) 9 (6)