Population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei and the epidemiology of human sleeping sickness in the Lambwe Valley, Kenya.

doi:10.1017/s0031182000061229

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Population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei and the epidemiology of human sleeping sickness in the Lambwe Valley, Kenya.

Parasitology - 1 Apr 1990

Mihok S, Otieno L H, Darji N

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Numerical taxonomy was used to review isoenzyme variation in isolates of Trypanosoma brucei obtained from cattle, tsetse, humans and wildlife from the Lambwe Valley, Kenya. From isoenzyme information alone, it was possible to classify isolates as to source through the use of linear discriminant f...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Wild
Cattle
Cluster Analysis
Discriminant Analysis
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Humans
Insect Vectors
Isoenzymes
Kenya
Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Trypanosomiasis, African
Trypanosomiasis, Bovine
Tsetse Flies

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