In vitro culture combined with quantitative TaqMan PCR for the assessment of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst viability

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Zintl, A ^a   Halova, D ^a   Mulcahy, G ^a   O'Donovan, J ^b   Markey, B ^a   DeWaal, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; TaqMan PCR; Toxoplasma gondii; Viability assay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EWE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 70249090355     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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