| the detection of yersinia enterocolitica in surface water by quantitative pcr amplification of the ail and yada genes. | yersinia enterocolitica has been detected in surface water, and drinking untreated water is a risk factor for infection. pcr-based methods have been used to detect y. enterocolitica in various sample types, but quantitative studies have not been conducted in water. in this study, quantitative pcr (qpcr)-based methods targeting the yersinia virulence genes ail and yada were used to survey the grand river watershed in southern ontario, canada. initial testing of reference strains showed that ail a ... | 2010 | 20375478 |