Determination of Baylisascaris schroederi infection in wild giant pandas by an accurate and sensitive PCR/CE-SSCP method

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Wenping ^a   Yie, Shangmian ^a   Yue, Bisong ^b   Zhou, Jielong ^c   An, Renxiong ^a   Yang, Jiangdong ^d   Chen, Wangli ^e   Wang, Chengdong ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Shen, Fujun ^a   Yang, Guangyou ^d   Hou, Rong ^a   Zhang, Zhihe ^a  

^a Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA; ARTICLE; BAYLISASCARIASIS; BAYLISASCARIS; BAYLISASCARIS SCHROEDERI; BAYLISASCARIS SCHROEDERI INFECTION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL COII GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; CHINA; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; BAYLISASCARIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84864406330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041995     Document Type: Article

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