The African Trypanosomes

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Σειρά: World Class Parasites, 1
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Tropical medicine.; Animal anatomy.; Life Sciences.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.; Medical Microbiology.; Tropical Medicine.

African trypanosomes are tsetse-transmitted protozoa that inhabit the extracellular compartment of host blood. They cause fatal sleeping sickness in people, and Nagana, a wasting and generally fatal disease, in cattle. While trypanosomes are most common to Africa (about 30% of Africa's cattle g...

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