An Evaluation of Primers Amplifying DNA Targets for the Detection of Cryptosporidium Spp. Using C. Parvum HNJ-1 Japanese Isolate in Water Samples

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Journal Parasitol Res

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2007 May 22

PMID 17514380

Citations 7

Authors

Anna Susanne Leetz

Isaia Sotiriadou

Jerry Ongerth

Panagiotis Karanis

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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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