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Population genetic structure of Guinea Trypanosoma brucei gambiense isolates according to host factors.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2011
Kaboré Jacques, Macleod Annette, Jamonneau Vincent, Ilboudo Hamidou, Duffy Craig, Camara Mamady, Camara Oumou, Belem Adrien Marie Gaston, Bucheton Bruno, De Meeûs Thierry
Abstract excerpt
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and is due to the kinetoplastid parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in West and Central Africa. The exact role of multiple infections, the basis of clinical diversity observed in patients and the determinism that leads trypanosomes into different body fluids of the host remain opened questions to...
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