Prevalence and incidence of trypanosomosis in horses and donkeys in the Gambia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-114

  Faye, Déthié ^a   Pereira de Almeida, Paulo J L ^b   Goossens, Bart ^a   Osaer, Sabine ^a   Ndao, Momar ^b   Berkvens, Dirk ^b   Speybroeck, Niko ^b   Nieberding, Françoise ^b   Geerts, Stanny ^b  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buffy coat; Donkey; Horse; PCR; The Gambia; Trypanosoma spp.

Indexed keywords

DIMINAVETO; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; EXPOSURE; GAMBIA; HORSE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROVOCATION TEST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EQUIDAE; GAMBIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0035814221     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00503-9     Document Type: Article

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