A TaqMan real-time PCR-based assay for the identification of Fasciola spp.

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 266-271

  Alasaad, Samer ^a   Soriguer, Ramón C ^a   Abu Madi, Marawan ^b   El Behairy, Ahmed ^c   Jowers, Michael J ^a   Baños, Pablo Díez ^d   Píriz, Ana ^a   Fickel, Joerns ^e   Zhu, Xing Quan ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c Cairo University   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Parasite identification; Real time qPCRTaqMan probe; The 'intermediate' Fasciola

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; EGYPT; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NATURAL HOST; NIGER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAIL; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FASCIOLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 79957599379     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.059     Document Type: Article

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