Quantitative estimation of the viability of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5127-5132

  Lélu, Maud ^a,b,c,f   Villena, Isabelle ^c   Dardé, Marie Laure ^d   Aubert, Dominique ^c   Geers, Régine ^c   Dupuis, Emilie ^c   Marnef, Francine ^c   Poulle, Marie Lazarine ^b,c   Gotteland, Cécile ^a   Dumètre, Aurélien ^e   Gilot Fromonta, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Boult aux Bois ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^e Aix Marseilles University   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SPECIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DETECTABILITY; DRY CONDITION; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; OOCYSTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SAMPLING DATES; SOIL SAMPLE; STRONG CORRELATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WATER TUBES;

MAMMALS; RAIN; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PRIMER DNA;

ESTIMATION METHOD; INFECTIVITY; INOCULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA PRIMERS; MICE; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84866184299     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00246-12     Document Type: Article

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