Rapid identification of Acanthamoeba from contact lens case using loop-mediated isothermal amplification method

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-345

  Lek Uthai, Usa ^a   Passara, Rangsima ^a   Roongruangchai, Kosol ^b   Buddhirakkul, Prayute ^a   Thammapalerd, Nitaya ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lens; Loop mediated isothermal amplification; Protozoa; Rapid identification; SYBR Green quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; ISOTHERM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TURBIDITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENSES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 61349101762     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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