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A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Novel Genetic Markers Associated with Human African Trypanosomiasis
2024-05-15
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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense cause human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a neglected tropical disease that constitutes an important public health issue in sub-Saharan Africa. In the absence of a vaccine, only chemotherapy and vector control has been used to combat the disease. Environmental factors, such as exposure to infected tsetse files, and genetic factors such as variants in...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8ab7b4f1-f6dc-5732-a47f-5bf276c55b98
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.05.14.24307227
