The Dermis as a Delivery Site of Trypanosoma brucei for Tsetse Flies.

Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of Trypanosoma brucei parasites that cause sleeping sickness. Our knowledge on the early interface between the infective metacyclic forms and the mammalian host skin is currently highly limited. Glossina morsitans flies infected with fluorescently tagged T. brucei p...

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Main Authors: Guy Caljon, Nick Van Reet, Carl De Trez, Marjorie Vermeersch, David Pérez-Morga, Jan Van Den Abbeele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4956260?pdf=render