Use of a PCR assay for diagnosing African trypanosomiasis of the CNS: A case report

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 134-136

  Kirchhoff, L V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETRACTED ARTICLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0032062909     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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