The population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei and the origin of human infectivity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1411, 2001, Pages 1035-1044

  MacLeod, A ^a   Tait, A ^a   Turner, C M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human infectivity; Polymorphism; Population genetics; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTIVITY; PARASITISM; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

DISEASE; PARASITE; POPULATION GENETICS;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); PROKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0035968357     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0892     Document Type: Article

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