Molecular prevalence of Trypanosoma spp. in wild rodents of Southeast Asia: Influence of human settlement habitat

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1221-1230

  Pumhom, P ^a,b,c   Pognon, D ^c,d   Yangtara, S ^c   Thaprathorn, N ^c   Milocco, C ^c,d   Douangboupha, B ^e   Herder, S ^c,f   Chaval, Y ^g   Morand, S ^c,d,h   Jittapalapong, S ^c   Desquesnes, M ^c,d,f  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thailand Ministry of Science and Technology   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e Livestock Research Center   (Thailand)

^f Institut de recherche pour le développement   (France)

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

^h INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Animal pathogens; rodent borne diseases; rodents; Southeast Asia; trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BERYLMYS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAXOMYS SURIFER; NIVIVENTER FULVESCENS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NITIDUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS TANEZUMI; RODENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES HABITAT; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84898614978     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002161     Document Type: Article

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