Development of an improved PCR-ICT hybrid assay for direct detection of Legionellae and Legionella pneumophila from cooling tower water specimens

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2221-2229

  Horng, Yu Tze ^a,c   Soo, Po Chi ^a   Shen, Bin Jon ^c   Hung, Yu Li ^a   Lo, Kai Yin ^a   Su, Hsun Pi ^d   Wei, Jun Rong ^a   Hsieh, Shang Chen ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Lai, Hsin Chih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Tyson Bioresearch Inc   (Taiwan)

^d CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lateral flow; Legionella pneumophila; PCR ICT

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; COOLING TOWERS; DNA; ENZYMES; IMMUNOLOGY;

LATERAL FLOW; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLAE; POLYMERASE CHIAN REACTION AND IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY TEST (PCR-ICT);

WATER QUALITY;

COOLING WATER; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; COOLING TOWERS; DNA; ENZYMES; IMMUNOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CHROMOSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; WATER SAMPLING;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 33646930358     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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