Molecular detection of trypanosomes in cattle in South America and genetic diversity of Trypanosoma evansi based on expression-site-associated gene 6

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1305

  Mekata, Hirohisa ^a   Konnai, Satoru ^a   Witola, William H ^a   Inoue, Noboru ^b   Onuma, Misao ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Bolivia; Bovine trypanosomiasis; ESAG6; Peru; T. evansi; T. vivax

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; EXPRESSION SITE ASSOCIATED GENE 6; EXPRESSION SITE ASSOCIATED GENE 7; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CATTLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION RATE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NAGANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASIA; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOVINAE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 70449569310     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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