Real-time PCR for detection of Trypanosoma brucei in human blood samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Becker, Sven ^a   Franco, José R ^b   Simarro, Pere P ^c   Stich, August ^d   Abel, Paulo M ^e   Steverding, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Malteser Sleeping Sickness Contr P   (Sudan)

^c WHO/CDS/CPE/ZFK   (Cameroon)

^d Medical Mission Institute   (Germany)

^e ANGOTRIP   (Angola)

Author keywords

FTA cards; Human African trypanosomiasis; Real time PCR; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SATELLITE DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENOME; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 8444230839     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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