Direct detection and identification of African trypanosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization with peptide nucleic acid probes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4295-4297

  Radwanska, M ^a   Magez, S ^a   Perry O'Keefe, H ^a   Stender, H ^a   Coull, J ^a   Sternberg, J M ^a   Buscher P ^a   Hyldig Nielsen, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATTLE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOZOON;

EID: 0036840994     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4295-4297.2002     Document Type: Article

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