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Molecular characterization and classification of Trypanosoma spp. Venezuelan isolates based on microsatellite markers and kinetoplast maxicircle genes.
Parasites & vectors - 15 Oct 2015
Sánchez E, Perrone T, Recchimuzzi G, Cardozo I, Biteau N, Aso P M, Mijares A, Baltz T, Berthier D, Balzano-Nogueira L, Gonzatti M I
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BACKGROUND: Livestock trypanosomoses, caused by three species of the Trypanozoon subgenus, Trypanosoma brucei brucei, T. evansi and T. equiperdum is widely distributed throughout the world and constitutes an important limitation for the production of animal protein. T. evansi and T. equiperdum are morphologically indistinguishable parasites that evolved from a common ancestor but acquired important biological...
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