A SYBR green real-time PCR assay for the detection of the nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum in definitive and intermediate hosts

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 112-118

  Jefferies, R ^a   Morgan, E R ^a   Shaw, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Baermann; Detection; Dog; Fox; Gastropod; Parasite; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; PLASMID DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROPOD; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GASTROPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 70350244713     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.07.042     Document Type: Article

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