Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "De Villiers, Lourens"

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A comparison between manual count, flow cytometry and quantitative real‑time polymerase chain reaction as a means of determining Babesia rossi Parasitaemia in naturally infected dogs

De Villiers, Lourens; Quan, Melvyn; Troskie, Milana; Jordaan, J.C. (Joyce); Leisewitz, Andrew L. (Springer, 2020-03)

PURPOSE : Light microscopic manual count is the current gold standard for parasite quantification. The ability to determine parasite density in whole blood is crucial to understanding disease pathogenesis and finding a ...
Development and validation of a multiplex, real-time PCR assay for Babesia rossi and Babesia vogeli

Troskie, Milana; De Villiers, Lourens; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.; Quan, Melvyn (Elsevier, 2019-02)

Canine babesiosis is caused by tick-transmitted intraerythrocytic protozoan parasites occurring worldwide. In southern Africa, babesiosis is caused by Babesia rossi and B. vogeli and is one of the most common and important ...

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