qPCR - Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Panel

Sample type:

Swabs, extracted DNA

Turn-around

2 working days

Service details

Using the qPCR system we can accurately quantify the number of copies from microbes, genes, copy numbers, and rare mutants. We have validated qPCR TaqMan Array Card for many common pathogens.

Microbes that can be detected with the Gastrointestinal Panel include:

- Adenovirus

- Astrovirus

- Bacteroides fragilis

- Blastocystis hominis 

- Campylobacter coli

- Campylobacter jejuni

- Campylobacter laridis / lari

- Campylobacter upsaliensi

- Campylobacter spp. 

- Clostridium botulinum

- Clostridium difficile

- Cryptosporidium

- Cyclospora cayetanensis

- Dientamoeba fragilis 

- Entamoeba histolytica 

- Enterobacter sakazakii

- Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)

- Enterovirus

- Enteropathogenic E. coli

- Enterotoxigenic E. coli

- Giardia lamblia 

- Helicobacter pylori

- Listeria monocytogenes

- Norovirus GI

- Norovirus GII 

- Parechovirus

- Plesiomonas shigelloides

- Rotavirus A and B

- Salmonella spp

- Sapovirus (GI, GII, GIV & GV)

- Shigella spp.

- Staphylococcus aureus

- Streptococcus agalactiae

- Vibrio (parahaemolyticus, vulnificus and cholerae)

- Vibrio parahaemolyticus

- Vibrio vulnificus

- Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli

- Yersinia enterocolitica

Category

Diagnostics and Precision Medicine

Sub-category

Pathogen Identification and Quantification

* Contact us for quote

Please note that academic price involves subsidizing the production of data and KRISP members producing (max. two individuals) and/or analyzing data are normally co-authors to manuscripts. The commercial price include all costs and no-authorship or collaborationn is needed. Price can vary due to exchange rates, price last estimated at - 2019-03-10

- Avaliable Equipment



PCR quantification, Gene expression, High Resolution Melting (HRM)

KRISP has been created by the coordinated effort of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the South African Medical Research Countil (SAMRC).


Location: K-RITH Tower Building
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN
719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa.
Director: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira