The application of PCR-ELISA to the detection of Trypanosoma brucei and T. vivax infections in livestock

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-189

  Masake, R A ^a   Njuguna, J T ^a   Brown, C C ^a   Majiwa, P A O ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

ELISA; Livestock; PCR; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosoma vivax

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 0037007535     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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