Molecular survey of rodent-borne Trypanosoma in Niger with special emphasis on T. lewisi imported by invasive black rats

Acta Tropica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Dobigny, Gauthier ^a,b   Poirier, Philippe ^c   Hima, Karmadine ^a   Cabaret, Odile ^c,d   Gauthier, Philippe ^b   Tatard, Caroline ^b   Costa, Jean Marc ^c,e   Bretagne, Stéphane ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^e Cerba   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Biological invasion; Quantitative real time PCR; Rattus rattus; Zoonotic emerging disease

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOST SELECTION; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NIGER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENEGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NIGER; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

ACOMYS JOHANNIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

EID: 79851512296     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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