R. Felleisen et al., DIAGNOSTIC PCR IN VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY - TRITRICHOMONOSIS, NEOSPOROSIS TOXOPLASMOSIS, ECHINOCOCCOSIS/CYSTICERCOSIS/, Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde, 138(3), 1996, pp. 144-151
The PCR is now widely introduced as a diagnostic and epidemiological t
ool in veterinary and human parasitology. Certain parasitic infections
are detected using PCR with much higher sensitivity compared to conve
ntional methods, and novel molecular approaches are considered for the
analysis of infectiological questions. A broad spectrum of parasites
relevant for veterinary and human parasitology already can be diagnose
d by PCR. In the present review article, PCR-based methods developped
or applied at the Institute of Parasitology in Berne for the detection
of protozoan infections (Tritrichomonosis, Neosporosis, Toxoplasmosis
) and helminthic infections (Echinococcosis, Taeniosis) are summarized
.