Molecular diagnosis of theileriosis and heartwater in bovines in Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages S217-

  Collins, Nicola E ^a   Allsopp, Maria T E P ^a   Allsopp, Basil A ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Bovines; Buffalo; Diagnosis; Ehrlichia ruminanttum; Heartwater; Molecular diagnosis; Syncerus caffer; Theileria annulata; Theileria parva; Theileriosis

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; RNA 16S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRIDOR DISEASE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; EAST COAST FEVER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEVER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIA TAUROTRAGI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PROTOZOA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIA SP.; THEILERIA TAUROTRAGI;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HEARTWATER DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 17344382596     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90079-9     Document Type: Review

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