African trypanosomes: Celebrating diversity

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Adams, Emily R ^a   Hamilton, Patrick B ^b   Gibson, Wendy C ^c  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA GODFREYI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GLOSSINIDAE; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

EID: 77953957968     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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