Phylogenetic analysis reveals the presence of the Trypanosoma cruzi clade in African terrestrial mammals

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Hamilton, P B ^a   Adams, E R ^b   Njiokou, F ^c   Gibson, W C ^b   Cuny, G ^d   Herder, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Barcoding; Biodiversity; Evolution; FFLB; GAPDH; Molecular dating; Ribosomal RNA gene; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 18S;

AFRICA; ALLIGATOR; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BAT; CAMEROON; CERCOPITHECUS; CLADISTICS; EUROPE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRATE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; CAMEROON; CERCOPITHECUS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANDINIIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS; MAMMALIA; NANDINIA BINOTATA; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA GRAYI; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57549114027     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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