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Identification of Trypanosoma brucei circulating in a sleeping sickness focus in Côte d'Ivoire: assessment of genotype selection by the isolation method.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2003
Jamonneau Vincent, Barnabé Christian, Koffi Mathurin, Sané Bocar, Cuny Gérard, Solano Philippe
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Genetic studies of Trypanosoma brucei have been mainly based on rodent inoculation (RI) for isolation of trypanosome strains. However, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is difficult to grow in rodents. The development and use of the Kit for In Vitro Isolation (KIVI) of trypanosomes has led to a better...
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