Comparative sensitivity of dot-ELISA, PCR and dissection method for the detection of trypanosome infections in tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-321

  Ouma, Johnson O ^a   Masake, Rachael A ^b   Masiga, Daniel K ^a   Moloo, Shamshudeen K ^b   Njuguna, James T ^b   Ndung'u, Joseph M ^a  

^a Kenya Trypanosomiasis Res Inst (K   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dot ELISA; Glossina longipennis; Glossina pallidipes; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanosoma vivax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KENYA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0034738101     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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