New Trypanosoma evansi Type B Isolates from Ethiopian Dromedary Camels.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Hadush Birhanu, Tadesse Gebrehiwot, Bruno Maria Goddeeris, Philippe Büscher, Nick Van Reet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Dromedary
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004556; https://doaj.org/article/b81f1716b94e49f28be886c19d2b6033

BACKGROUND:Trypanosoma (T.) evansi is a dyskinetoplastic variant of T. brucei that has gained the ability to be transmitted by all sorts of biting flies. T. evansi can be divided into type A, which is the most abundant and found in Africa, Asia and Latin America and type B, which has so far been iso...