Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Type 1 populations from human patients are clonal and display geographical genetic differentiation

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 847-854

  Morrison, Liam J ^a   Tait, Andy ^a   McCormack, Gillian ^a   Sweeney, Lindsay ^a   Black, Alana ^b   Truc, Philippe ^c   Likeufack, Anne C L ^d   Turner, C Michael ^a,b   MacLeod, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Microsatellites; Population genetics; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLADISTICS; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RODENT; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 55649121367     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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