Trypanosoma brucei: Trypanosome strain typing using PCR analysis of mobile genetic elements (MGE-PCR)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 26-32

  Tilley, A ^a   Welburn, S C ^a   Fevre E M ^a   Feil, E J ^b   Hide, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human infectivity; Mobile genetic element; Molecular epidemiology; PCR; Serum resistance associated (SRA) gene; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; KENYA; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SWINE; TSETSE FLY;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MICE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0141781075     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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