Real-time PCR method for the detection and quantification of Acanthamoeba species in various types of water samples

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1131-1136

  Kao, Po Min ^a   Tung, Min Che ^b   Hsu, Bing Mu ^a   Tsai, Hsien Lung ^c   She, Cheng Yu ^a   Shen, Shu Min ^a   Huang, Wen Chien ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RIVER WATER; RNA 18S;

18S RRNA GENE; ACANTHAMOEBA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMAL SPRING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ACANTHAMOEBA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PARASITE LOAD; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 84878377979     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3242-x     Document Type: Article

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