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Parasite motility is critical for virulence of African trypanosomes. [PDF]
, 2018 African trypanosomes, Trypanosoma brucei spp., are lethal pathogens that cause substantial human suffering and limit economic development in some of the world's most impoverished regions.
Geng, Quanjie +6 more
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Through the dark continent: African trypanosome development in the tsetse fly [PDF]
, 2013 African trypanosomes are unicellular flagellated parasites causing trypanosomiases in Africa, a group of severe diseases also known as sleeping sickness in human and nagana in cattle.
Rotureau, Brice, Van Den Abbeele, Jan
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, 2005 Concomitant infections are common in nature and often involve parasites. A number of examples of the interactions between protozoa and viruses, protozoa and bacteria, protozoa and other protozoa, protozoa and helminths, helminths and viruses, helminths ...
Cox, F +3 more
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Flagellar membranes are rich in raft-forming phospholipids
Biology Open, 2015 The observation that the membranes of flagella are enriched in sterols and sphingolipids has led to the hypothesis that flagella might be enriched in raft-forming lipids.
Mauro Serricchio +9 more
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Viruses, 2015 Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV) is a large double stranded DNA virus of honey bees, but its relationship with other parasites and prevalence are poorly known.
Ulrike Hartmann +4 more
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eLife, 2014 The haptoglobin-haemoglobin receptor (HpHbR) of African trypanosomes allows acquisition of haem and provides an uptake route for trypanolytic factor-1, a mediator of innate immunity against trypanosome infection. In this study, we report the structure of
Harriet Lane-Serff +4 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2020 Objective Trypanosomosis is a disease of domestic animals and humans resulting from infection with parasitaemic protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma transmitted primarily by tsetse flies.
Behablom Meharenet, Dereje Alemu
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Counterflow dielectrophoresis for trypanosome enrichment and detection in blood [PDF]
, 2012 Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a deadly disease endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, caused by single-celled protozoan parasites. Although it has been targeted for elimination by 2020, this will only be realized if diagnosis can be ...
A Carlsson +19 more
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Distinct, developmental stage-specific activation mechanisms of trypanosome VSG genes [PDF]
, 1990 The metacyclic form of African trypanosomes is the first to express genes for the Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSG) and it uses an unusually predictable subset of the VSG gene repertoire.
Barry, J D +3 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 Great-tailed grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) have dramatically expanded into North America over the past century. However, little is known about the blood that parasites they support.
Andrew J. Golnar +5 more
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