Evaluation of PCR to detect Theileria parva in field-collected tick and bovine samples in Tanzania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-183

  Ogden, N H ^a,e   Gwakisa, P ^b   Swai, E ^b   French, N P ^a   Fitzpatrick, J ^c   Kambarage, D ^b   Bryant, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ECF; PCR; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Tanzania; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SALIVARY GLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TANZANIA; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK;

ACARI; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0037430206     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00448-X     Document Type: Article

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