Detection of trypanosomes in suspected sleeping sickness patients in Uganda using the polymerase chain reaction
Diagnosis of sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) is difficult because of the fluctuating levels of parasitaemia encountered in patients. In the present study we found that the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) demonstrated trypanosome infection in 20 out of 35 (57.1%) blood samples and in 21 out of 34...
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| Langue: | English |
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The World Health Organization
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| Collection: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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| Accès en ligne: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000100018&lng=en&tlng=en |