Development and evaluation of an ITS1 "Touchdown" PCR for assessment of drug efficacy against animal African trypanosomosis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 164-170

  Tran, Thao ^a,b   Napier, Grant ^a   Rowan, Tim ^a   Cordel, Claudia ^c   Labuschagne, Michel ^c   Delespaux, Vincent ^b   Van Reet, Nick ^b   Erasmus, Heidi ^c   Joubert, Annesca ^c   Büscher, Philippe ^b  

^a Bush Loan   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c ClinVet International Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; ITS1; Touchdown PCR; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanosoma vivax; Trypanozoon

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GOAT; HEMATOCRIT CENTRIFUGATION TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NAGANA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOUCHDOWN POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOZOON;

CATTLE; ITS1; TOUCHDOWN PCR; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOZOON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRUG RESISTANCE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84900439685     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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