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New Trypanosoma evansi Type B Isolates from Ethiopian Dromedary Camels.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Apr 2016
Birhanu Hadush, Gebrehiwot Tadesse, Goddeeris Bruno Maria, Büscher Philippe, Van Reet Nick
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BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma (T.) evansi is a dyskinetoplastic variant of T. brucei that has gained the ability to be transmitted by all sorts of biting flies. T. evansi can be divided into type A, which is the most abundant and found in Africa, Asia and Latin America and type B, which has so far been isolated only from Kenyan dromedary camels. This study aimed at the isolation and the genetic and phenotypic...
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