Adaptation of a real-time PCR method for the detection and quantification of pathogenic leptospires in environmental water

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 828-835

  Vein, Julie ^a,b   Perrin, Aurélie ^a   Berny, Philippe J ^a   Benoit, Etienne ^a   Leblond, Agnès ^b   Kodjo, Angeli ^a,c  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Laboratoire des Leptospires   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater samples; LipL32 gene; Pathogenic leptospires; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIC; METROPOLITAN AREA; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA EXTRACTION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; LEPTOSPIRA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; LEPTOSPIRA; LIPOPROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 84862905665     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W2012-060     Document Type: Article

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