A nested PCR assay exhibits enhanced sensitivity for detection of Theileria parva infections in bovine blood samples from carrier animals

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-365

  Odongo, David O ^a   Sunter, Jack D ^b   Kiara, Henry K ^a   Skilton, Robert A ^c   Bishop, Richard P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EAST COAST FEVER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEILERIA PARVA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; THEILERIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUDAN; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 77949320552     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1670-z     Document Type: Article

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