The influence of sex and fly species on the development of trypanosomes in tsetse flies.

• Main Authors: Lori Peacock (Author), Vanessa Ferris (Author), Mick Bailey (Author), Wendy Gibson (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Unlike other dipteran disease vectors, tsetse flies of both sexes feed on blood and transmit pathogenic African trypanosomes. During transmission, Trypanosoma brucei undergoes a complex cycle of proliferation and development inside the tsetse vector, culminating in production of infective forms in t...