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ORGANISM(S): Sodalis glossinidius
SUBMITTER: Anne Geiger
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48361 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 20140315
Tsetse flies, such as Glossina palpalis gambiensis, are blood-feeding insects that could be subverted as hosts of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: initiated in the tsetse fly mid gut, the developmental program of this parasite further proceeds in the salivary glands. The flies act as vectors of this human-invasive parasite when their salivary glands sustain the generation of metacyclic trypomastigotes, the exclusive morphotypes pre-programmed to further develop in the human individuals ...[more]