Population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei in central Africa: taxonomic and epidemiological significance.

doi:10.1017/s003118200007493x

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Population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei in central Africa: taxonomic and epidemiological significance.

Parasitology - 1 Feb 1993

Truc P, Tibayrenc M

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In order to estimate the value of population genetics for both the taxonomy of trypanosomes belonging to the species Trypanosoma brucei and a better understanding of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), we undertook a cellulose acetate electrophoresis isoenzyme study involving 55 stocks isolated...

Topics

Africa, Central
Alleles
Animals
Genotype
Humans
Isoenzymes
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Trypanosomiasis, African

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