Direct detection and identification of African trypanosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization with peptide nucleic acid probes
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M Radwanska1, S Magez, H Perry-O'Keefe
1Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. mradwanska@uctgsh1.uct.ac.za
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|November 1, 2002
Abstract:
We have developed a rapid and easy to perform fluorescence in situ hybridization test that allows specific identification of trypanosomes from the subgenus Trypanozoon, using peptide nucleic acid probes. Probes were designed to target subgenus-specific sequences on the multiple-copy 18S rRNA, greatly facilitating the detection of a single trypanosome.

