Species-specific detection of three human-pathogenic microsporidial species from the genus Encephalitozoon via fluorogenic 5′ nuclease PCR assays

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 435-444

  Hester, J D ^a,b   Varma, M ^a   Bobst, A M ^b   Ware, M W ^a   Lindquist, H D Alan ^a   Schaefer III, F W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon; Fluorogenic 5 nuclease; Microsporidia; Real time PCR; Taqman

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; ENCEPHALITOZOON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036912035     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.2002.0442     Document Type: Article

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