Food-borne Disease
Novel molecular assay detects pandemic Vibrio strain in seawater
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 8th, 2003
Scientists at the University of Alabama described "the optimization of PCR parameters and testing of a wide number of microbial species to establish a highly specific and sensitive PCR-based method of detection of a newly emerged pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus 03:K6 strain in pure cultures and seeded waters from the Gulf of Mexico (gulf water)."
"The selected open reading frame 8 (ORF8) DNA-specific oligonucleotide primers tested were found to specifically amplify all 35 pathogenic V....
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