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Table 1 Detection of trypanosome infections in cattle and goats from Petauke and Chama districts by microscopy PCR and LAMP

From: Studies of trypanosomiasis in the Luangwa valley, north-eastern Zambia

District

Animals

 

SRA-PCR

KIN-PCR

TviCatL-PCR

PFR-LAMP

Trypanozoon

T. congolense

+

-

+

-

+

-

+

-

+

-

Petauke

Cattle

Microscopy

+

0

6

1a

5

0

6

1

5

3

3

+

  

-

0

40

0

40

8

32

3

37

12

28

Isoka

Cattle

+

0

6

0

6

0

6

0

6

0

6

  

-

0

86

0

86

0

86

0

86

5

81

Chama

Cattle

+

0

3

0

3

1

2

1c

2

1

2

  

-

1b

101

1b

101

0

102

0

102

27

75

 

Goats

+

0

2

1

1

0

2

1

1

1

1

  

-

0

34

0

34

3

31

1

33

3

31

  1. aThis cow was also PFR-LAMP positive. bThis was the same cow and also PFR-LAMP positive. cThis cow was also diagnosed with T. vivax by microscopy based on morphology and rapid forward movement