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SUBMITTER: Yang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2687264 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Applied and environmental microbiology 20090410 11
PCR techniques in combination with conventional parasite concentration procedures have potential for the sensitive and specific detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in water. Three real-time PCR assays based on the B1 gene and a 529-bp repetitive element were analyzed for the detection of T. gondii tachyzoites and oocysts. Lower sensitivity and specificity were obtained with the B1 gene-based PCR than with the 529-bp repeat-based PCR. New procedures for the real-time PCR detection of T. gondii ...[more]