Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) can cause infections in humans which can beserious and sometimes fatal. There is a great need for methods that are able to detect differentserogroups of STEC. In this project, conventional and real-time PCR assays for detection ofSTEC O104:H4 and O121, as recommended by the European Union Reference Laboratory(EU-RL) for STEC, were validated. The specificity, limit of detection, repeatability,efficiency and robustness were determined for three real-time PCR assays. The validationshowed that the real-time PCR reactions were specific and sensitive although some additionaltests are required.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-220478 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Tawe, Johanna |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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