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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this study was to develop polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for detection of Baylisascaris procyonis eggs and larvae in fecal, environmental, and tissue samples. We have optimized conventional and real-time PCR assays for B. procyonis using the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 2 gene as the target for amplification. The lower limit of detection of the parasite genomic DNA was 10 pg in the conventional PCR and 100 fg in the real-time PCR. In both PCR assays, specific amplification of a 146 bp product was achieved with DNA extracted from a single in vitro hatched B. procyonis larva and also from canine fecal samples spiked with as few as 20 unembryonated B. procyonis eggs per gram of feces. The PCR assays were successfully used for detection of B. procyonis eggs and larvae in fecal, environmental, and tissue samples. No DNA amplification was seen when the genomic DNA of related ascarids (including B. transfuga) and a hookworm was used as template in the PCR; however, amplification was seen with the very closely related B. columnaris.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1937-2345
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
571-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Ascaridida Infections, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Ascaridoidea, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Coyotes, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-DNA, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Mephitidae, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Ovum, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Raccoons, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Soil, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:19090651-Ursidae
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
PCR assays for detection of Baylisascaris procyonis eggs and larvae.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. dsriveny@purdue.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article