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Comparison of the performance of three PCR assays for the detection and differentiation of Theileria orientalis genotypes.
Parasites & vectors - 31 Mar 2015
Perera Piyumali K, Gasser Robin B, Pulford David J, Stevenson Mark A, Firestone Simon M, McFadden Andrew M J, Jabbar Abdul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Oriental theileriosis is a tick-borne disease of bovines caused by the members of the Theileria orientalis complex. Recently, we developed a multiplexed tandem (MT) PCR to detect, differentiate and quantitate four genotypes (i.e., buffeli, chitose, ikeda and type 5) of T. orientalis. In this study, we used MT PCR to assess the prevalence and infection intensity of four T. orientalis genotypes in...
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