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There is a low probability that the organisms\n                      <jats:italic>Toxoplasma gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>Borrelia burgdorferi<\/jats:italic>\n                      will be present.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To confirm that robotic extraction methods followed by real time PCR will detect as little as one organism\/test sample in postal specimens.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Human blood samples spiked with decreasing numbers of each organism (range 10\n                      <jats:sup>5<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u20131\/per extract) were extracted using two commercial kits on a Qiagen BioRobot EZ1 Workstation. Extracts of whole blood and blood fractions were tested by real time PCR. The effect of storage of blood for 1\u20136 days at room temperature was also investigated.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Maximum sensitivity (1 organism\/test sample) was achieved for\n                      <jats:italic>T gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                      with either extraction method; the sensitivity for\n                      <jats:italic>B burgdorferi<\/jats:italic>\n                      was between 1 and 10 organisms\/test. Whole blood was the most suitable sample to extract, as both organisms were as likely to be detectable in the red cell as the white cell fraction. Sensitivity was not reduced by storing spiked samples at room temperature for up to 6 days. Inhibitory effects on PCR were not a significant problem provided that samples were extracted using the blood extraction kit.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Using appropriate robotic extraction methods, both\n                      <jats:italic>T gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>B burgdorferi<\/jats:italic>\n                      can be detected by real time PCR with near maximum possible sensitivity in whole blood samples. 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