The role of erythropoietin in the pathophysiology of anemia associated with trypanosomiasis
African trypanosomiasis is one of the most important hemoprotozoan diseases affecting both humans and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa. A blunted erythropoietin (Epo) response has been proposed as one possible mechanism that contributes to the nonresponsive anemia in trypanosome-infected cattle. The...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38233 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-163447/ |