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Improved molecular detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in mollusks and other environmental samples with a species-specific internal transcribed spacer 1-based TaqMan assay.

ABSTRACT: Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of human eosinophilic meningitis. Humans become infected by ingesting food items contaminated with third-stage larvae that develop in mollusks. We report the development of a real-time PCR assay for the species-specific identification of A. cantonensis in mollusk tissue.

SUBMITTER: Qvarnstrom Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2916500 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Improved molecular detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in mollusks and other environmental samples with a species-specific internal transcribed spacer 1-based TaqMan assay.

Qvarnstrom Yvonne Y da Silva Ana Cristina Aramburu AC Teem John L JL Hollingsworth Robert R Bishop Henry H Graeff-Teixeira Carlos C da Silva Alexandre J AJ

Applied and environmental microbiology 20100611 15

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common cause of human eosinophilic meningitis. Humans become infected by ingesting food items contaminated with third-stage larvae that develop in mollusks. We report the development of a real-time PCR assay for the species-specific identification of A. cantonensis in mollusk tissue. ...[more]

PMID: 20543049

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