Real-time PCR assay targeting the actin gene for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in calf fecal samples

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1741-1745

  Homem, Camila G ^a   Nakamura, Alex A ^b   Silva, Deuvânia C ^a   Teixeira, Weslen F P ^a   Coelho, Willian M D ^a   Meireles, Marcelo V ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 18S;

ACTIN GENE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AVES; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM GALLI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS;

EID: 84863472592     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2694-8     Document Type: Article

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