Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis using a quantitative real-time PCR assay

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Varma, Manju ^a   Hester, Jeff D ^a,b   Schaefer III, Frank W ^a   Ware, Michael W ^a   Lindquist, H D Alan ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Exonuclease; Assay; Cyclospora cayetanensis; Fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET); Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; FECES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COCCIDIA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037399864     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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