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AFRICAN TRYPANOSOME INTERACTIONS WITH AN IN VITRO MODEL OF THE HUMAN BLOOD–BRAIN BARRIER
1 Oct 2004
Abstract excerpt
The neurological manifestations of sleeping sickness in man are attributed to the penetration of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and invasion of the central nervous system by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. However, how African trypanosomes cross the BBB remains an unresolved issue. We have examined the traversal of African trypanosomes across the human BBB using an in vitro BBB...
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