Characterization of trypanosome infections by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification in wild tsetse flies in Cameroon

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 547-554

  Morlais, I ^a,c   Grebaut, P ^a   Bodo, J M ^b   Djoha, S ^a   Cuny, G ^c  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b Min de Rech Sci Technologique   (Cameroon)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; PCR; Trypanosome identification; Tsetse flies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; INFECTION RATE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLIES;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA PALPALIS PALPALIS; PROTOZOA; SIMIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA SIMIAE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 0031837957     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002625     Document Type: Article

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