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.
Publication types
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Evaluation Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis / genetics
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis / isolation & purification*
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Animals
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DNA Primers / genetics
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DNA, Helminth / chemistry
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DNA, Helminth / genetics
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
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Environmental Microbiology*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mollusca / parasitology*
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Parasitology / methods*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
Substances
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DNA Primers
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DNA, Helminth
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
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