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important diagnostic test is the Polymerase Chain Reaction using the primers of the
16S-23S ISR or the primers for Citrate Synthase gen. A recent investigation about genotypes of Bartonella bacilliformis through AFLP analysis showed 6 genotypes Birtles R, Fry N, Ventosilla P, Caceres A, Sanchez E, Vizcarra H, Raoult D. Identification of Bartonella bacilliformis genotypes and their relevance to epidemiological investigations of human bartonellosis. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:3606-12 Ventosilla P, López M, Antúnez de Mayolo A, Guerra H, Merello J, Pérez E, Maguiña C, Montoya M. Bartonella bacilliformis en el Valle Sagrado Cusco, Perú 1998: Aislamiento e identificación por PCR e IFI. X Jornadas Científicas Homero Silva Díaz, 1998: 47 |