Value of genetic identification of trypanosomes for assessing the distribution and spread of human African trypanosomiasis;Repartition et propagation de la trypanosomiase humaine Africaine : Interet de l'identification genetique des trypanosomes

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 61, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 433-436

  Truc, P ^a   Cuny, G ^b  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endemic and epidemic outbreak; Genetic markers; Human African trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BODY FLUID; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0037719747     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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