Trypanosomosis in the Gambia: Prevalence in working horses and donkeys detected by Whole Genome Amplification and PCR, and evidence for interactions between trypanosome species

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pinchbeck, Gina L ^a   Morrison, Liam J ^b   Tait, Andy ^b   Langford, Joanna ^a   Meehan, Lucinda ^a   Jallow, Saloum ^c   Jallow, Jibril ^c   Jallow, Amadou ^c   Christley, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust (GHDT)   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GAMBIA; GENETICS; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GAMBIA; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LINEAR MODELS; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 40949096872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-7     Document Type: Article

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