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Table 1 Nested PCR protocol

From: Plasmodium pitheci malaria in Bornean orang-utans at a rehabilitation centre in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Step

Nested 1 PCR

Nested 2 PCR

Primers: PLU1 & PLU5

Primers: PLU3 & PLU Cal 2

Product size: ~ 1640 bp

Product size: ~ 1500 bp

Temperature (°C)

Time

Temperature (°C)

Time

Initialization

95

5 min

95

5 min

Replication (40 cycles)

 Denaturation

96

5 s

96

5 s

 Annealing

55

5 s

55

5 s

 Extension

68

50 s

68

45 s

Final extension

72

1 min

72

1 min

Final hold

4

∞

4

∞