in accordance with a
standard protocol for primary PCR. Each reaction mixture (20 μl final
volume) consisted of 3 μl of positive or negative control; 3 μl of sample
DNA; 2 μl of 1× PCR buffer containing 20mMMgCl2, 1 μl of each 10mM
dNTP mix, 1.0 U of DreamTaq DNA Polymerase, and 20 pmol of each
primer; and ddH2O added to bring the final volume to 20 μl. The amplificationwas
performed on a Techne TC-5000 thermocycler