New discoveries in the transmission biology of sleeping sickness parasites: Applying the basics

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 865-871

  MacGregor, Paula ^a   Matthews, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Parasite; Sleeping sickness; Transmission; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 77956398233     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-010-0637-y     Document Type: Review

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