Development of a safer laboratory vervet monkey model for the study of human African trypanosomiasis
Background: There are three subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei: T. b. gambiense, T. b. rhodesiense and T. b. brucei. The first two are infectious to humans, whilst T. b. brucei is not. Identifying an animal model of T. b. brucei that mimics human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) would enable researchers...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014-10-01
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| Series: | African Journal of Laboratory Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/100 |