Diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis in 2001;Le diagnostic de la trypanosomiase humaine Africaine en 2001

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 61, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 340-346

  Louis, F J ^a   Buscher, P ^b   Lejon, V ^b  

^a Bureau OMS CDS CSR   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic strategy; Human African trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; PARASITEMIA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0041971085     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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