Molecular epidemiology of Theileria parva in the field

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Geysen, D ^a   Bishop, R ^a   Skilton, R ^b   Dolan, T T ^b   Morzaria, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

DNA probes; Molecular epidemiology; PCR; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FIELD METHOD; MONITORING;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THEILERIA PARVA; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TELOMERE; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0032886339     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00447.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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