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Trypanosome diversity in wildlife species from the serengeti and Luangwa Valley ecosystems.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Auty Harriet, Anderson Neil E, Picozzi Kim, Lembo Tiziana, Mubanga Joseph, Hoare Richard, Fyumagwa Robert D, Mable Barbara, Hamill Louise, Cleaveland Sarah, Welburn Susan C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The importance of wildlife as reservoirs of African trypanosomes pathogenic to man and livestock is well recognised. While new species of trypanosomes and their variants have been identified in tsetse populations, our knowledge of trypanosome species that are circulating in wildlife populations and their genetic diversity is limited. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: molecular phylogenetic methods were...
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