The superiority of the miniature Anion-Exchange Centrifugation Technique for detecting low grade trypanosome parasitaemias.
The efficiency was tested of the Haematocrit Centrifugation Technique (HCT) and the miniature Anion-Exchange Centrifugation Technique (mAECT) for demonstrating trypanosomes in the blood of four antelopes experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in Liberia. During simultaneous daily application of both methods over a period of six months, parasitaemias were detected on 12 occasions by HCT and on 73 occasions by mAECT during 473 examination days, thus indicating the superiority of the mAECT for the detection of low grade trypanosome infections.
D000818:Animals; D000866:Antelopes / Q000469:parasitology*; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000469:parasitology*; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology*; D002498:Centrifugation; D006400:Hematocrit; D007474:Ion Exchange; D008722:Methods; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*