Comparative genomics reveals multiple genetic backgrounds of human pathogenicity in the trypanosoma brucei complex

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2811-2819

  Sistrom, Mark ^a   Evans, Benjamin ^a   Bjornson, Robert ^a   Gibson, Wendy ^b   Balmer, Oliver ^c,d   Maser, Pascal ^c   Aksoy, Serap ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

comparative genomics; genomics; next gen sequencing; population genomics.; trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VIRULENCE;

GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84985947309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu222     Document Type: Article

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