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SUBMITTER: Sloan MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6872171 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sloan Megan A MA Brooks Karen K Otto Thomas D TD Sanders Mandy J MJ Cotton James A JA Ligoxygakis Petros P
PLoS genetics 20191111 11
Trypanosomatid parasites are causative agents of important human and animal diseases such as sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. Most trypanosomatids are transmitted to their mammalian hosts by insects, often belonging to Diptera (or true flies). These are called dixenous trypanosomatids since they infect two different hosts, in contrast to those that infect just insects (monoxenous). However, it is still unclear whether dixenous and monoxenous trypanosomatids interact similarly with their inse ...[more]