Development and Application of a Real-time PCR Method for Detection of Toxoplasma gondii
In order to establish a rapid,sensitive and specific method for detection of Toxoplasmas gondii(T. gondi),a pair of specific primers and FAM(fluorescein)-labeled MGB probes were designed based on the conserved gene sequences of T. gondii. Followed by optimizing PCR reaction system and conditions,a real-time fluorescent PCR assay was established,and the specificity,sensitivity and reproducibility test were carried out;then 60 clinical samples suspected of T. gondii infection were tested by the established method. The results showed that the method expressed a good linear relationship when the template was within the range of 101–107 copies/μL. Specificity test showed that positive signal was observed only when amplifying the recombinant plasmids of T. gondii,rather than the water of negative contrast or other 7 pathogens;the minimum concentration of detection template was 10 copies/μL;32 out of 60 suspected samples were detected positive,and the result was consistent with that of cloning and sequencing. As a conclusion,the established method in this study could be used for rapid detection of T. gondii,which provided a specific,sensitive and high-throughput method for the identification of toxoplasmosis.