Development and application of a quantitative real-time PCR for the diagnosis of Surra in water buffaloes

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-452

  Konnai, Satoru ^a   Mekata, Hirohisa ^a   Mingala, Claro N ^a,b   Abes, Nancy S ^b   Gutierrez, Charito A ^b   Herrera, Jesus Rommel V ^b   Dargantes, Alan P ^c   Witola, William H ^a   Cruz, Libertado C ^b   Inoue, Noboru ^d   Onuma, Misao ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Philippine Carabao Center National Headquarters and Genepool   (Philippines)

^c CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Philippines; Real time PCR; Surra; Trypanosoma evansi; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURRA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PARASITEMIA; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; EQUIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOZOON;

EID: 68949102165     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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