A single-tube nested real-time polymerase chain reaction for sensitive contained detection of Cryptosporidium parvum

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 568-572

  Minarovicova J ^a   Kaclikova E ^a   Krascsenicsova K ^a   Siekel, P ^a   Kuchta, T ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid method

Indexed keywords

FLUOROMETERS; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DETECTION LEVELS; DETECTION LIMITS; FLUORIMETRIC; FLUOROGENIC PROBES; FOOD SAMPLES; NESTED PCR; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID METHOD; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVE DETECTION;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

DNA FRAGMENT; RIBOSOME DNA;

GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 70350003674     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02708.x     Document Type: Article

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