Development of a safer laboratory vervet monkey model for the study of human African trypanosomiasis

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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Main Authors: Maxwell Waema, Naomi Maina, Simon Karanja, Beatrice Gachie, Maina Ngotho, John Kagira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2014-10-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/100

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