Application of TaqMan qPCR for the detection and monitoring of Naegleria species in reservoirs used as a source for drinking water

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3765-3771

  Kao, Po Min ^a   Hsu, Bing Mu ^a   Hsu, Tsui Kang ^a,b   Chiu, Yi Chou ^b   Chang, Chung Liang ^c   Ji, Wen Tsai ^a   Huang, Shih Wei ^d   Fan, Cheng Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture; Naegleria; PCR; Reservoir; TaqMan real time qPCR

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 5.8S; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; TAIWAN; TAQMAN REAL TIME QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMAL SPRING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA CLARKI; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; NAEGLERIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84918833852     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4042-2     Document Type: Article

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