Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in domestic livestock of kogo and mbini foci (Equatorial Guinea)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 535-541

  Cordon Obras, C ^a   Berzosa, P ^a   Ndong Mabale, N ^b,c   Bobuakasi, L ^c   Buatiche, J N ^c   Ndongo Asumu, P ^b   Benito, A ^a   Cano, J ^a,c  

^a Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^b Formerly Sleeping Sickness Control Centre   (Equatorial Guinea)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir; Human African trypanosomiasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GOAT; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GOATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 65649150663     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02271.x     Document Type: Article

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