Trypanosome diversity in wildlife species from the Serengeti and Luangwa Valley ecosystems
Molecular phylogenetic methods were used to examine the genetic diversity and species composition of trypanosomes
Abstract
The importance of wildlife as reservoirs of African trypanosomes pathogenic to man and livestock is well recognised. While new species of trypanosomes and their variants have been identified in tsetse populations, our knowledge of trypanosome species that are circulating in wildlife populations and their genetic diversity is limited.
Molecular phylogenetic methods were used to examine the genetic diversity and species composition of trypanosomes circulating in wildlife from 2 ecosystems that exhibit high host species diversity: the Serengeti in Tanzania and the Luangwa Valley in Zambia
Citation
Auty, H., Anderson, N.E., Picozzi, K., Lembo, T., Mubanga, J., Hoare, R., Fyumagwa, R.D., Mable, B., Hamill, L., Cleaveland, S., Welburn, S.C., Trypanosome diversity in wildlife species from the Serengeti and Luangwa Valley ecosystems, Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol.6, issue10, 2012
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Trypanosome diversity in wildlife species from the Serengeti and Luangwa Valley ecosystems