Expression of RoTat 1.2 cross-reactive variable antigen type in Trypanosoma evansi and T. equiperdum

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 174-179

  Claes, Filip ^a,e   Verloo, D ^a   De Waal, D T ^b   Urakawa, T ^c,d   Majiwa, P ^c   Goddeeris, B M ^e   Buscher P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dourine; RoTat 1.2; Surra; Trypanosoma equiperdum; Trypanosoma evansi; Variable antigen type

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ROTAT 1.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HORSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 0036410399     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04373.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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