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Microsatellite analysis supports clonal propagation and reduced divergence of Trypanosoma vivax from asymptomatic to fatally infected livestock in South America compared to West Africa.
Parasites & vectors - 3 May 2014
Garcia Herakles A, Rodrigues Adriana C, Rodrigues Carla Mf, Bengaly Zakaria, Minervino Antonio Hh, Riet-Correa Franklin, Machado Rosangela Z, Paiva Fernando, Batista Jael S, Neves Luis, Hamilton Patrick B, Teixeira Marta Mg
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mechanical transmission of the major livestock pathogen Trypanosoma vivax by other biting flies than tsetse allows its spread from Africa to the New World. Genetic studies are restricted to a small number of isolates and based on molecular markers that evolve too slowly to resolve the relationships between American and West African populations and, thus, unable us to uncover the recent history of T....
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