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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
Abstract excerpt
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 functions analysis, with an error rate of only 2% in humans, and 14% over all groups. Differentiation was mostly...
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