Detection and identification of trypanosomes by polymerase chain reaction in wild tsetse flies in Cameroon

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-117

  Morlais, I ^a   Grebaut, P ^b   Bodo, J M ^b,c   Djoha, S ^b   Cuny, G ^a   Herder, S ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c Min de Rech Sci Technologique   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; PCR; Trypanosome identification; Tsetse flies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TSETSE FLIES;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA PALPALIS PALPALIS; SIMIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA SIMIAE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 17544386741     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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