| quantitative pcr assay to determine prevalence and intensity of msx (haplosporidium nelsoni) in north carolina and rhode island oysters crassostrea virginica. | the continuing challenges to the management of both wild and cultured eastern oyster crassostrea virginica populations resulting from protozoan parasites has stimulated interest in the development of molecular assays for their detection and quantification. for haplosporidium nelsoni, the causative agent of multinucleated sphere unknown (msx) disease, diagnostic evaluations depend extensively on traditional but laborious histological approaches and more recently on rapid and sensitive (but not qu ... | 2012 | 23269385 |