Aparasitemic serological suspects in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: A potential human reservoir of parasites?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-188

  Koffi, M ^a,b   Solano, P ^b   Denizot, M ^a   Courtin, D ^c   Garcia, A ^c   Lejon, V ^d   Buscher P ^d   Cuny, G ^a   Jamonneau, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Institut Pierre Richet Bouake   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Human African trypanosomiasis; Human reservoir; PCR; Serological suspects; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

BLOOD; HEMOPARASITE; PARASITOLOGY;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXTRACTION; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; ZOONOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; COTE D'IVOIRE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 33747072401     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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