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Natural infection of cattle and tsetse flies in South Africa with two genotypic groups of Trypanosoma congolense by Mamabolo, M V, Ntantiso, L, Latif, A, Majiwa, P A O

“…The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect trypanosomes in samples collected from cattle, wild animals and tsetse flies in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South…”
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Molecular variation of Trypanosoma brucei subspecies as revealed by AFLP fingerprinting by Agbo, E E C, Majiwa, P A O, Claassen, H J H M, te Pas, M F W

“…Genetic analysis of Trypanosoma spp. depends on the detection of variation between strains. We have used the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)…”
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Detection of trypanosome infections in the saliva of tsetse flies and buffy-coat samples from antigenaemic but aparasitaemic cattle by Majiwa, P A, Thatthi, R, Moloo, S K, Nyeko, J H, Otieno, L H, Maloo, S

“…Relatively simple protocols employing non-radioactive DNA probes have been used for the detection of African trypanosomes in the blood of mammalian hosts and…”
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Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense: molecular characterization of a new genotype from Tsavo, Kenya by Majiwa, P A, Maina, M, Waitumbi, J N, Mihok, S, Zweygarth, E

“…Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense comprises morphologically identical but genetically heterogeneous parasites infective to livestock and other mammalian…”
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Prevalence of mixed Trypanosoma congolense infections in livestock and tsetse in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Gillingwater, K, Mamabolo, M.V, Majiwa, P.A.O

“…Trypanosoma congolense causes the most economically important animal trypanosomosis in Africa. In South Africa, a rinderpest pandemic of the 1890s removed many…”
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A repetitive deoxyribonucleic acid sequence distinguishes Trypanosoma simiae from T. congolense by Majiwa, P A, Webster, P

“…The dominant repetitive deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence in the genome of a clone of Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) simiae has been identified and cloned as a…”
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Use of species-specific DNA probes for detection and identification of trypanosome infection in tsetse flies by Kukla, B A, Majiwa, P A, Young, J R, Moloo, S K, ole-MoiYoi, O K

“…Species- and subspecies-specific trypanosome DNA hybridization probes have been employed in the detection and identification of trypanosome infections in…”
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Genetically discrete populations of Trypanosoma congolense from livestock on the Kenyan coast by Knowles, G, Betschart, B, Kukla, B A, Scott, J R, Majiwa, P A

“…Twenty-seven stocks of Nannomonas trypanosomes isolated from livestock in 1982 on a ranch at Kilifi on the Kenyan coast were characterized by isoenzyme…”
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Genetic diversity of Phaeoisariopsis griseola in Kenya as revealed by AFLP and group-specific primers by Wagara, I.N, Mwang'ombe, A.W, Kimenju, J.W, Buruchara, R.A, Jamnadass, R, Majiwa, P.A.O

“…Genetic diversity of 50 Phaeoisariopsis griseola isolates collected from different agroecological zones in Kenya was studied using group‐specific primers and…”
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Sensitive and specific detection of Trypanosoma vivax using the polymerase chain reaction by Masake, R.A. (ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya.), Majiwa, P.A.O, Moloo, S.K, Makau, J.M, Njuguna, J.T, Maina, M, Kabata, J, Ole-MoiYoi, O.K, Nantulya, V.M

“…The nucleic acid probes that are currently in use detect and distinguish Trypanosoma vivax parasites according to their geographic origin. To eliminate the…”
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Physical and transcriptional organization of the ribosomal RNA genes of the savannah-type Trypanosoma congolense by URAKAWA, T, MAJIWA, P. A. O

“…Ribosomal RNA genes have been cloned from the major species of African trypanosomes. Complete nucleotide sequence composition of the small subunit (SSU) and…”
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Contextural genomic rearrangements of variable-antigen genes in Trypanosoma brucei by Williams, R O, Young, J R, Majiwa, P A, Doyle, J J, Shapiro, S Z

“…We have described some rearrangements of a variable-antigen gene in T. brucei. We suggest that there are two copies of the ILTat 1.2 variable-antigen gene in…”
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Epidemiology of bovine trypanosomiasis in the Ghibe valley, southwest Ethiopia. 3. Occurrence of populations of Trypanosoma congolense resistant to diminazene, isometamidium and homidium by Codjia, V, Mulatu, W, Majiwa, P A, Leak, S G, Rowlands, G J, Authié, E, d'Ieteren, G D, Peregrine, A S

“…In July 1989, blood samples were collected from parasitaemic cattle in the Ghibe valley, Ethiopia, frozen in liquid nitrogen and transported to Nairobi, Kenya…”
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Recombinant DNA probes reveal simultaneous infection of tsetse flies with different trypanosome species by Majiwa, P A, Otieno, L H

“…The utility of recombinant DNA probes in the detection of natural trypanosome infection of tsetse flies has been assessed in Lambwe Valley, near the shores of…”
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Response of diminazene-resistant and diminazene-susceptible Trypanosoma congolense to treatment with diminazene when occurring as a mixed infection in goats by Burudi, E M, Peregrine, A S, Majiwa, P A, Mbiuki, S M, Murphy, N B

“…A study was carried out to determine whether a drug-resistant trypanosome population could influence the survival of a drug-sensitive population in mixed…”
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Metacyclic form-specific variable surface glycoprotein-encoding genes of Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense by Eshita, Y, Urakawa, T, Hirumi, H, Fish, W R, Majiwa, P A

“…A complementary DNA expression library in phage lambda gt11 was synthesized using mRNA from in vitro-produced metacyclic forms of a clone of Trypanosoma…”
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Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense: identification of two karyotypic groups by Majiwa, P.A., Masake, R.A., Nantulya, V.M., Hamers, R., Matthyssens, G.

“…Orthogonal‐field‐alternation gel electrophoresis and DNA blot hybridizations have been used to investigate the genomic relationships among trypanosome clones…”
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Expression of Trypanosoma congolense Antigens in Spodoptera frugiperda Insect Cells by Urakawa, T., Eshita, Y., Fukuma, T., Hirumi, H., Hirumi, K., Majiwa, P.A.O.

“…Transcripts which encode two metacyclic-form-specific variable surface glycoproteins (mVSGs) of Trypanosoma congolense IL3000 have been cloned into baculovirus…”
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Immunological Characterization and Expression in Escherichia coli and Baculovirus Systems of a Trypanosoma vivax Antigen Detected in the Blood of Infected Animals by Masake, R.A., Olemoiyoi, O.K., Urakawa, T., Hirumi, H., Majiwa, P.A.O., Wells, C.W., Minja, S.H., Makau, J.M., Nantulya, V.M.

“…A monoclonal antibody (MAb)Tv27 employed in an antigen-detection enzyme immunosorbent assay (Ag-ELISA) for diagnosis of Trypanosoma vivax infection was shown…”
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Evidence for genetic diversity in Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense by Majiwa, P A, Hamers, R, Van Meirvenne, N, Matthyssens, G

“…Genetic proximity between two karyotypic groups of Trypanosoma congolense was investigated using as hybridization probes: total genomic DNA, a 35 nucleotide…”
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