Detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in water sample concentrates by real-time PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3477-3483

  Yang, Wenli ^a,b   Lindquist, H D Alan ^c   Cama, Vitaliano ^a   Schaefer III, Frank W ^c   Villegas, Eric ^c   Fayer, Ronald ^d   Lewis, Earl J ^e   Feng, Yaoyu ^f   Xiao, Lihua ^a,g  

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

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHODS; DIRECT EXTRACTION; OOCYSTS; PARASITE-; PCR TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC DETECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WATER SAMPLES;

NUCLEIC ACIDS; PELLETIZING;

ASSAYS;

DNA; SURFACE WATER;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYST; DETECTION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; REAL TIME;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE EXAMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA; WATER;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 66249128611     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00285-09     Document Type: Article

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