PCR-based detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in tissue and mucus secretions from molluscan hosts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1415-1419

  Qvarnstrom, Yvonne ^a,b   Sullivan, James J ^a   Bishop, Henry S ^a   Hollingsworth, Robert ^c   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^a,d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; RNA; TISSUE CULTURE;

CANTONENSIS; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; MORPHOLOGICAL DETECTION;

PROTOZOA;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PEPSIN A; RNA 18S;

BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MENINGITIS; MOLLUSC; MUCUS; NEMATODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIC; FROZEN SECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MENINGITIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; GASTROPODA; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; MUCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; VERONICELLA CUBENSIS;

EID: 33947269745     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01968-06     Document Type: Article

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