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ArticleActa parasitologica2022

Comparative Evaluation of Re 529-Bp Sequence and B1 Gene in the Detection of Toxoplasma gondii Through PCR in Water Samples of Denizli, Turkey.

Tuğba Sağlam, Serdar Düşen, Ergun Mete, Ülkü Karaman

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Article in Acta parasitologica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Evolution ofJournal of parasitology research · 2026
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Tuğba SağlamDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, 14030, Bolu, Turkey. tugbasaglam32@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1654-2261
Serdar DüşenDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Pamukkale University, 20180, Denizli, Turkey.
Ergun MeteDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, 20180, Denizli, Turkey.
Ülkü KaramanDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, 52000, Ordu, Turkey.

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Pamukkale Üniversitesi 2017FBE067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWhile Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection is asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals, it is a life-threatening protozoan in immunocompromised individuals. Its water-borne transmission to humans poses a serious public health concern. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has a considerable potential for the sensitive and specific detection of T. gondii oocysts in waters.

methodsComparative evaluation of RE 529-bp sequence and B1 gene to detect T. gondii tachyzoites and oocysts via PCR in agricultural irrigation water taken from downtown Denizli, Turkey and water samples collected from neighborhood fountains was performed for the first time in Turkish context.

resultsBased on real-time PCR targeting the B1 genetic markers and RE 529-bp sequence, T. gondii DNA was identified in 6 (16.7%) out of 48 samples collected from agricultural irrigation water. Besides, our PCR analysis did not establish any presence of T. gondii in drinking water samples.

conclusionT. gondii showed lower sensitivity in B1-based PCR than in PCR targeting RE 529-bp sequence.

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ToxoplasmaAgricultural IrrigationDNA, ProtozoanReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionTurkeyWaterDNA, ProtozoanWater529-bpB1 geneDenizliToxoplasma gondiiTurkeyWater-borne

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PMID34817741
PMCPMC8611623

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