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