Applications of PCR-based tools for detection and identification of animal trypanosomes: A review and perspectives

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 213-231

  Desquesnes, M ^a   Davila A M R ^b  

^a Ctr Intl De Rech Agronom Pour Le Developpement Elevage Et Med Veterinaire Trop   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Protozoa; ITS; PCR; Sensitivity; Specificity; Trypanosoma spp.

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FLAGELLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXON; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0037064627     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00270-4     Document Type: Article

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