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SUBMITTER: Sarataphan N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3066167 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sarataphan Nachai N Vongpakorn Montakan M Nuansrichay Bandit B Autarkool Nonglux N Keowkarnkah Tiemjan T Rodtian Pranee P Stich Roger W RW Jittapalapong Sathaporn S
Journal of medical microbiology 20070801 Pt 8
Trypanosomes were observed in a peripheral blood smear from a 45-day-old Thai infant displaying fever, anaemia, cough and anorexia. Human trypanosomiasis is not endemic to Thailand, so parasite identification was undertaken to determine likely sources of the infection. Several morphological parameters of the trypanosomes were similar to those of Trypanosoma evansi and statistically different from those of Trypanosoma lewisi-like parasites from a naturally infected indigenous rat. However, duplic ...[more]