Evaluation of a molecular beacon real-time PCR assay for detection of Baylisascaris procyonis in different soil types and water samples

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 499-504

  Gatcombe, Rachel R ^a,b   Jothikumar, Narayanan ^a   Dangoudoubiyam, Sriveny ^c   Kazacos, Kevin R ^c   Hill, Vincent R ^a  

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

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UBL5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; ASCARIDOIDEA; CHEMISTRY; DNA PROBE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BAYLISASCARIS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; VERMES;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDOIDEA; DNA PROBES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EYE PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UBIQUITINS; WATER;

EID: 77949321538     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1692-6     Document Type: Article

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