Table 1.
List of various organisms and their source; used for evaluation of specificity of the C2/C5 primers.
| Organism/Strain/Isolate | Number of Specimens tested | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|
| C. trachomatis serovar L2 | 1 | Dr. Peter Braun, Max Plank Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany |
| C. trachomatis Serovar A & D | 12 isolates from STD cases | Dr. Sudha Salhan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India. |
| Mycoplasma spp. | 8 | Department of Microbiology AIIMS, New Delhi, India. |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae | 5 | |
| Candida spp. | 10 | |
| Ureaplasma | 11 | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 | |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 2 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 2 | |
| Herpes simplex virus 1(HSV-1) and Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) | 2 | |
| Cytomegalovirus | 2 | |
| BK virus | 2 | |
| Trichomonas spp. | 8 | Department of Microbiology AIIMS, New Delhi, India & Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, USA. |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 2 | |
| Neisseria meningitidis (genital isolates) | 3 | Prof. J. W. Tapsall, WHO Collaborating Centre for STD and HIV, Department of Microbiology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. |
| Neisseria lactamica 94D4 | 1 | |
| Neisseria sicca 94C1 | 1 | |
| Neisseria subflava 86G7 | 10 | |