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

Trypanosome diversity in wildlife species from the Serengeti and Luangwa Valley ecosystems

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Published 1 January 2012