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Molecular detection of divergent trypanosomes among rodents of Thailand.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2008
Jittapalapong S, Inpankaew T, Sarataphan N, Herbreteau V, Hugot J P, Morand S, Stich R W
Abstract excerpt
Herpetosoma is a homogenous subgenus of several dozen named species that are often described as morphologically indistinguishable T. lewisi-like parasites. These trypanosomes normally infect rodents and utilize fleas as vectors. Although this trypanosome subgenus is considered non-pathogenic to normal hosts, some of them are on rare occasion reported in association with human disease. Recently, a T. lewisi-like...
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