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Peer-reviewed veterinary case report

Cost-effective method of DNA extraction from taeniid eggs.

Journal:
Parasitology research
Year:
2008
Authors:
Dyachenko, V et al.
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology · Germany
Species:
dog

Abstract

A new cost-effective method using silicon dioxide- and guanidine isothiocyanate-containing buffers, after previous alkaline lysis, was established for the DNA extraction from taeniid eggs isolated from canine faeces. The purified DNA can be used to amplify the species-specific 12S mitochondrial DNA of Echinococcus multilocularis in direct and nested polymerase chain reaction in order to differentiate between E. multilocularis and Taenia spp.

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Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18172686/