| [animal reservoir hosts of trypanosoma brucei gambiense in zaire: trypanosome infections in two foci in bas-zaire]. | the prevalence of trypanosoma spp. infections in domestic animals was estimated in a forest (boma) and a savanna (kimpese) sleeping focus in bas-zaire. the miniature anion-exchange centrifugation technique was used to determine the infection rates with t. congolense, t. vivax and t. brucei spp. in 505 animals. t. congolense predominated in both foci with the highest prevalence in pigs (76.2%), followed by sheep (31.3%), dogs (30.6%) and goats (7.4%). t. vivax was seen only on two occasions. in t ... | 1989 | 2617030 |
| sleeping sickness in zaire: a nested polymerase chain reaction improves the identification of trypanosoma (trypanozoon) brucei gambiense by specific kinetoplast dna probes. | blood samples collected in the sleeping sickness focus of boma, zaire, from human patients and domestic animals were analysed by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for the presence of trypanosome dna. the comparison of pcr and miniature anion exchange centrifugation technique (m-aect) results clearly shows that in domestic animals mixed infections (trypanozoon/trypanosoma [nannomonas] congolense) are more frequently diagnosed by pcr than by m-aect. trypanozoon positive blood samples were further an ... | 1996 | 8673824 |