Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of Trypanosoma evansi from dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Egypt, a pilot study

Acta Tropica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Amer, Said ^a,b   Ryu, Oishi ^a   Tada, Chika ^a   Fukuda, Yasuhiro ^a   Inoue, Noboru ^c   Nakai, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

Egypt; ESAG6; RoTat 1.2; RRNA gene; Trypanosoma evansi; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENE; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAMEL; EGYPT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOST RANGE; INOCULATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EGYPT; GENES, RRNA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EGYPT;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 78049475219     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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