Genetic diversity among Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense isolates from Tanzania

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 571-579

  Komba, E K ^a,b   Kibona, S N ^a   Ambwene, A K ^a   Stevens, J R ^b,c   Gibson, W C ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human trypanosomiasis; Sleeping sickness; Tanzania; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANZANIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TANZANIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TUBULIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0031431244     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001856     Document Type: Article

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