Evaluation of a TaqMan real-time PCR for the detection of Theileria parva in buffalo and cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 356-359

  Papli, Natasha ^a   Landt, Olfert ^b   Fleischer, Carola ^b   Koekemoer, Jacobus O ^a   Mans, Ben J ^a   Pienaar, Ronel ^a   Josemans, Antoinette ^a   Zweygarth, Erich ^a   Potgieter, Frederick ^a   Latif, Abdalla A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b TIB MOLBIOL Syntheselabor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

18s rRNA; Corridor disease; Hybridization probe; Real time PCR; Sensitivity; Specificity; TaqMan probe; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EAST COAST FEVER; HYBRIDIZATION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITEMIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

BOS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 78751615380     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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