Molecular identification and real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) for rapid detection of Thelohanellus kitauei, a myxozoan parasite causing intestinal giant cystic disease in the Israel carp

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-111

  Seo, Jung Soo ^a   Jeon, Eun Ji ^a   Kim, Moo Sang ^b   Woo, Sung Ho ^b   Kim, Jin Do ^a   Jung, Sung Hee ^a   Park, Myoung Ae ^a   Jee, Bo Young ^a   Kim, Jin Woo ^a   Kim, Yi Cheong ^a   Lee, Eun Hye ^a  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Cyprinus carpio nudus; Identification; Intestinal giant cystic disease; Quantitative PCR (qPCR); Thelohanellus kitauei

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 18S;

18S RRNA GENE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINUS CARPIO NUDUS; FISH DISEASE; FRESHWATER FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOST RANGE; INTESTINAL GIANT CYSTIC DISEASE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYXOZOA; MYXOZOAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THELOHANELLUS KITAUEI;

ANIMALS; CARPS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84862671070     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.103     Document Type: Article

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