Prevalence of Trypanosoma evansi in Water Buffaloes in Remote Areas in Northern Vietnam Using PCR and Serological Methods

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-48

  Holland, W G ^a,b,d   Thanh, N G ^b   My, L N ^b   Do, T T ^b   Goddeeris, B M ^c   Vercruysse, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buffalo; PCR; Serodiagnosis; Surra; Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VIETNAM;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 0842309117     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000009521.13984.17     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Braem, C., 1999. Evaluation of DNA extraction methods and primersets for diagnosis of sleeping sickness, (Thesis, UIA, Antwerp, Belgium)
2. Davison, H.C., Thrusfield, M.V., Muharsini, S., Husein, A., Partoutomo, S., Rae, P.F., Masake, R. and Luckins, A.G., 1999. Evaluation of antigen detection and antibody detection tests for Trypanosoma evansi infections of buffaloes in Indonesia. Epidemiology and Infection, 123, 149-155
3. Holland, W.G., Claes, F., My, L.N., Thanh, N.G., Tam, P.T., Verloo, D., Büscher, P., Goddeeris, B. and Vercruysse, J., 2001. A comparative evaluation of parasitological tests and a PCR for Trypanosoma evansi diagnosis in expermentally infected water buffaloes. Veterinary Parasitology, 97, 23-33
4. Holland, W.G., Thanh, N.G., My, L.N., Magnus, E., Verloo, D., Büscher, P., Goddeeris, B. and Vercruysse, J., 2002. Evaluation of plain and blotted blood in serological tests for Trypanosoma evansi in experimentally infected water buffaloes. Acta Tropica, 81, 159-165
5. Luckins, A.G., 1988. Trypanosoma evansi in Asia. Parasitology Today, 4, 137-141
6. Lun, Z.R., Fang, Y., Wang, C.J. and Brun, R., 1993. Trypanosomiasis of domestic animals in China. Parasitology Today, 9, 41-45
7. Nantulya, V.M., 1990. Trypanosomiasis in domestic animals: the problem of diagnosis. Revue Scientifique et Technique, 9, 357-367
8. Stephen, L.E. (ed.), 1986. Trypanosomiasis: A Veterinary Perspective, (Pergamon Press, Oxford), 184-215
9. Thu, L.T., My, L.N., Lan, P.D., Lang, P.S., Phuc, D.V. and Doang, P.Q., 1998. Epidemiological survey on Trypanosoma evansi in Vietnam. Journal of Protozoology Research, 8, 177-181
10. Van Meirvenne, N., Magnus, E. and Büscher, P., 1995. Evaluation of variant specific trypanolysis tests for serodiagnosis of human infections with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Acta Tropica, 60, 189-199
11. Verloo, D., Holland, W., My, L.N., Thanh, N.G., Tam, P.T., Goddeeris, B., Vercruysse, J. and Büscher, P., 2000. Comparison of serological tests for Trypanosoma evansi natural infections in water buffaloes from North Vietnam. Veterinary Parasitology, 92, 87-96
12. Vuong, T.L.P., 1997. L'enquete sur la prévalence de la trypanosomose a Trypanosome evansi au nord du Vietnam, (MSc dissertation, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium)