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SUBMITTER: Cuypers B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5566637 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genome biology and evolution 20170801 8
Trypanosomes cause a variety of diseases in man and domestic animals in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. In the Trypanozoon subgenus, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense cause human African trypanosomiasis, whereas Trypanosoma brucei brucei, Trypanosoma evansi, and Trypanosoma equiperdum are responsible for nagana, surra, and dourine in domestic animals, respectively. The genetic relationships between T. evansi and T. equiperdum and other Trypanozoon species remain un ...[more]