Molecular detection of Aphanomyces astaci – An improved species specific qPCR assay

Long-term changes in the prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen and its genotyping in invasive crayfish species in Czechia

(2022) Michaela Mojžišová et al.   NeoBiota

Tracing the origin of the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci, to the Southeastern United States

(2021) Laura Martín-Torrijos et al.   Scientific Reports

Real-Time PCR Assays for Rapid Identification of Common Aphanomyces astaci Genotypes

(2021) Marco Di Domenico et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Crayfish plague in Czechia: Outbreaks from novel sources and testing for chronic infections

(2020) Michaela Mojžišová et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Simultaneous detection of native and invasive crayfish and Aphanomyces astaci from environmental DNA samples in a wide range of habitats in Central Europe

(2020) Johannes C. Rusch et al.   NeoBiota

A tentative new species Aphanomyces fennicus sp. nov. interferes with molecular diagnostic methods for crayfish plague

(2019) Satu Viljamaa-Dirks et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES

Ecological plasticity and commercial impact of invasive marbled crayfish populations in Madagascar

(2019) Ranja Andriantsoa et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Monitoring a Norwegian freshwater crayfish tragedy:  eDNA snapshots of invasion, infection and extinction

(2019) David A. Strand et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Improved method for genotyping the causative agent of crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci) based on mitochondrial DNA

(2019) Diana Minardi et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Simultaneous detection of invasive signal crayfish, endangered white-clawed crayfish and the crayfish plague pathogen using environmental DNA

(2018) Chloe Victoria Robinson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

MtDNA allows the sensitive detection and haplotyping of the crayfish plague disease agent Aphanomyces astaci showing clues about its origin and migration

(2018) Jenny Makkonen et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Aphanomyces astaci genotypes involved in recent crayfish plague outbreaks in central Italy

(2018) R Caprioli et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) and crayfish plague as new threats for biodiversity in Indonesia

(2018) Marfian Dwidima Putra et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

eDNA-based crayfish plague detection as practical tool for biomonitoring and risk assessment of A. astaci-positive crayfish populations

(2018) Claudia Wittwer et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Recent acute crayfish mortality reveals Aphanomyces astaci presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina

(2017) Agata Mrugała et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Prevalence of the pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in freshwater crayfish populations in Croatia

(2016) I Maguire et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

First detection of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in South America: a high potential risk to native crayfish

(2016) Douglas Fernando Peiró et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Continental-wide distribution of crayfish species in Europe: update and maps

(2014) A. Kouba et al.   Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Microsatellite markers for direct genotyping of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci (Oomycetes) from infected host tissues

(2014) Frédéric Grandjean et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Self-limiting outbreak of crayfish plague in an Austropotamobius pallipes population of a river basin in the Abruzzi region (central Italy)

(2013) R Caprioli et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Absence of the crayfish plague pathogen (Aphanomyces astaci) facilitates coexistence of European and American crayfish in central Europe

(2013) ANNE SCHRIMPF et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Detection of crayfish plague spores in large freshwater systems

(2013) David A. Strand et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Prevalence of the Crayfish Plague Pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in Populations of the Signal Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in France: Evaluating the Threat to Native Crayfish

(2013) Lenka Filipová et al.   PLoS One

PCR detection of the crayfish plague pathogen in narrow-clawed crayfish inhabiting Lake Eğirdir in Turkey

(2012) J Svoboda et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Monitoring the spore dynamics of Aphanomyces astaci in the ambient water of latent carrier crayfish

(2012) David A. Strand et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Re-examination of the prevalence of Aphanomyces astaci in North American crayfish populations in Central Europe by TaqMan MGB real-time PCR

(2011) E Kozubíková et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Invasive crayfish and crayfish plague on the move: first detection of the plague agent Aphanomyces astaci in the Romanian Danube

(2011) L Pârvulescu et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus carry a novel genotype of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci

(2011) Eva Kozubíková et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

A comparative study of molecular diagnostic methods designed to detect the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci

(2011) Stephen Tuffs et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

A review of the ever increasing threat to European crayfish from non-indigenous crayfish species

(2010) D.M. Holdich et al.   Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Identification of two GH18 chitinase family genes and their use as targets for detection of the crayfish-plague oomycete Aphanomyces astaci

(2009) Gerald Hochwimmer et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A quantitative TaqMan® MGB real-time polymerase chain reaction based assay for detection of the causative agent of crayfish plague Aphanomyces astaci

(2009) Trude Vrålstad et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY