Apparent lack of a domestic animal reservoir in Gambiense sleeping sickness in northwest Uganda

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 157-167

  Balyeidhusa, Apollo Simon Peter ^a   Kironde, Fred Alexander Sekaza ^a   Enyaru, John Charles Kiboko ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Infection rates; Northwest; Reservoir; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Uganda

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GOAT; HEMATOCRIT CENTRIFUGATION TECHNIQUE; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TSETSE FLY; UGANDA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GAMBIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOZOON;

EID: 84860688863     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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