Epidemiology of Theileria annulata infection of dairy cattle in the Sudan using molecular techniques

Awadia M Ali; Mohammed A Bakheit; Maowia M Mukhtar; Shawgi M Hassan; Jabbar S Ahmed; Ulrike Seitzer

doi:10.1196/annals.1373.068

Epidemiology of Theileria annulata infection of dairy cattle in the Sudan using molecular techniques

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct:1081:471-2. doi: 10.1196/annals.1373.068.

Authors

Awadia M Ali¹, Mohammed A Bakheit, Maowia M Mukhtar, Shawgi M Hassan, Jabbar S Ahmed, Ulrike Seitzer

Affiliation

¹ University of Khartoum, Khartoum North, Sudan.

PMID: 17135552
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1373.068

Abstract

This study provides the first epidemiological data regarding T. annulata infection of diary cattle in Sudan using a combination of routine microscopic examination and two molecular techniques, PCR and reverse line blot (RLB).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Female
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary*
Prevalence
Sudan / epidemiology
Theileria annulata / isolation & purification*
Theileriasis / diagnosis*
Theileriasis / epidemiology*