1. Canine Trypanosoma evansi infection in Afghanistan.
- Author
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Aref M, Yasin SM, Bahear W, Ghulam Z, Hastie L, Dennison T, Schauwers W, Büscher P, and Deborggraeve S
- Subjects
- Afghanistan epidemiology, Animals, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Dogs, Male, Trypanosomiasis epidemiology, Trypanosomiasis parasitology, Dog Diseases parasitology, Trypanosoma isolation & purification, Trypanosomiasis veterinary
- Abstract
In 2012, a dog in Afghanistan was diagnosed with trypanosomosis. We here describe the clinical picture of the animal and how the parasite was identified as Trypanosoma evansi by DNA extraction from a blood smear and molecular analysis with taxon-specific PCR assays., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2013
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