Detection of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in sleeping sickness suspects by PCR amplification of expression-site-associated genes 6 and 7

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 658-661

  Kabiri, Mostafa ^a   Franco, José R ^b,g   Simarro, Pere P ^b,g   Ruiz, J Antonio ^c,e   Sarsa, Mario ^d,f   Steverding, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Formerly Sleeping Sickness Control Centre   (Equatorial Guinea)

^c Hospital Muxima   (Angola)

^d Hospital de Kogo   (Equatorial Guinea)

^e Medicus Mundi Catalunya   (Spain)

^f AAM Iradier ^*  (Spain)

^g Fundacio CIDOB   (Spain)

Author keywords

ESAG; Expression site associated genes; Polymerase chain reaction; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE;

ANGOLA; ANIMALS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOPROTEINS; GUINEA; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0032759223     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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