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Evidence for viable and stable triploid Trypanosoma congolense parasites.
Parasites & vectors - 10 Oct 2017
Tihon Eliane, Imamura Hideo, Dujardin Jean-Claude, Van Den Abbeele Jan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis identified a viable triploid strain of Trypanosoma congolense. This triploid strain BANANCL2 was a clone of the field isolate BANAN/83/CRTRA/64 that was collected from cattle in Burkina Faso in 1983. RESULTS: We demonstrated the viability and stability of triploidy throughout the complete life-cycle of the parasite by infecting tsetse flies with the...
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