Evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction assay for the diagnosis of bovine trypanosomiasis and epidemiological surveillance in Bolivia

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gonzales, Jose L ^a   Jones, Tudor W ^b   Picozzi, Kim ^b   Cuellar, Hugo Ribera ^a  

^a LIDIVET Santa Cruz   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BOLIVIA; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 2942519294     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-2-8     Document Type: Article

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