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ArticleParasitology research2007

An evaluation of primers amplifying DNA targets for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. using C. parvum HNJ-1 Japanese isolate in water samples.

Anna Susanne Leetz, Isaia Sotiriadou, Jerry Ongerth, Panagiotis Karanis

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Article in Parasitology research, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Anna Susanne LeetzMedical and Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, University of Cologne, Medical School, Center of Anatomy, Institute II, Cologne, Germany.
Isaia Sotiriadou
Jerry Ongerth
Panagiotis Karanis
University of Cologne · DEObihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine · JPUniversity of Wollongong · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The performance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum HNJ-1 strain (genotype II) oocysts purified from mice using published protocols was evaluated. Oocysts were concentrated from fecal samples of infected severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice by sucrose flotation and were then purified by immunomagnetic separation method. The genotype of C. parvum was established as type II by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Water samples were spiked with different numbers of oocysts, determined by limiting dilution. Genomic DNA was extracted and used for PCR assays targeting various Cryptosporidium species genes (Beta-Tubulin, COWP, 70 kDa HSP, SSU rRNA, ITS1, TRAP-C1 and TRAP-C2 gene). DNA from oocyst numbers of more than 1 x 10(4) was detected using each of the primers. However, when using lower oocyst numbers, the tools based on 9 of the 16 different primer assays gave sufficient results. Assays using the remaining seven primers gave less than satisfactory results. A new primer set, named VKSS-F1/2 and VKSS-R1/2, that target the 18 SSU rRNA gene of C. parvum was constructed and applied. The VKSS-F1/2 and VKSS-R1/2 assays amplified DNA isolated from spiked samples in 206 of 211 trials (97.6%). This illustrates the difficulty of detecting low numbers of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts by molecular methods when working with environmental samples.

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DNA PrimersAnimalsCryptosporidiumCryptosporidium parvumDNA, ProtozoanFecesHumansImmunomagnetic SeparationMiceMice, SCIDOocystsPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthWaterDNA PrimersDNA, ProtozoanWater

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