New fluorescence markers to distinguish co-infecting Trypanosoma brucei strains in experimental multiple infections

Acta Tropica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-101

  Balmer, Oliver ^a,b   Tostado, Cristóbal ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co infection; FACS; Fluorescence; Multiple genotype infection; Strain distinction; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARKING METHOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOST; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSPECIES; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOTYPE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 28744433885     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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