The diagnosis of trypanosome infections: Applications of novel technology for reducing disease risk

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 20-28

  Picozzi, K ^a   Tilley, A ^a   Fevre E M ^a   Coleman, P G ^a   Magona, J W ^b   Odiit, M ^b   Eisler, M C ^c   Welburn, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Livestock Health Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Human African trypanosomiasis; PCR; Sleeping sickness

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

BOS TAURUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 1942519939     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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