Natural infection of cattle and tsetse flies in South Africa with two genotypic groups of Trypanosoma congolense

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-431

  Mamabolo, M V ^a,b   Ntantiso, L ^c   Latif, A ^a,b   Majiwa, P A O ^a,b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Jozini State Veterinary Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genotypic groups; KwaZulu Natal; Mixed infection; Trypanosoma congolense; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TSETSE FLY; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; NAGANA; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; GLOSSINA (GENUS); TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MICE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 65549166923     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005587     Document Type: Article

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