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High levels of genetic differentiation between Ugandan Glossina fuscipes fuscipes populations separated by Lake Kyoga.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 28 May 2008
Abila Patrick P, Slotman Michel A, Parmakelis Aristeidis, Dion Kirstin B, Robinson Alan S, Muwanika Vincent B, Enyaru John C K, Okedi Loyce M A, Lokedi Loyce M, Aksoy Serap, Caccone Adalgisa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Glossina fuscipes fuscipes is the major vector of human African trypanosomiasis, commonly referred to as sleeping sickness, in Uganda. In western and eastern Africa, the disease has distinct clinical manifestations and is caused by two different parasites: Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense. Uganda is exceptional in that it harbors both parasites, which are separated by a narrow 160-km...
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