Variable surface glycoprotein RoTat 1.2 PCR as a specific diagnostic tool for the detection of Trypanosoma evansi infections

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Claes, Filip ^a,b   Radwanska, Magda ^a   Urakawa, Toyo ^c   Majiwa, Phelix A O ^c   Goddeeris, Bruno ^a   Büscher, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 15544370452     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: 14759292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-3-3     Document Type: Article

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