The use of ITS1 rDNA PCR in detecting pathogenic African trypanosomes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-192

  Njiru, Z K ^a   Constantine, C C ^a   Guya, S ^b   Crowther, J ^c   Kiragu, J M ^b   Thompson, R C A ^a   Davila A M R ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEL; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOREST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAXON; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE;

BOS TAURUS; CAMELIDAE; SIMIAE; TRYPANOZOON;

EID: 15044360932     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1267-5     Document Type: Article

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