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SUBMITTER: Koffi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2629214 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koffi Mathurin M De Meeûs Thierry T Bucheton Bruno B Solano Philippe P Camara Mamadou M Kaba Dramane D Cuny Gérard G Ayala Francisco J FJ Jamonneau Vincent V
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20081223 1
Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, occurs in Western and Central Africa. T. brucei s.l. displays a huge diversity of adaptations and host specificities, and questions about its reproductive mode, dispersal abilities, and effective size remain under debate. We have investigated genetic variation at 8 microsatellite loci of T. b. gambiense strains isolated from human African trypanosomiasis patients in the Ivory Coast and Guinea, with the ai ...[more]