Non-invasive in vivo study of the Trypanosoma vivax infectious process consolidates the brain commitment in late infections.

• Main Authors: Simon D'Archivio (Author), Alain Cosson (Author), Mathieu Medina (Author), Thierry Lang (Author), Paola Minoprio (Author), Sophie Goyard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Trypanosoma vivax, one of the leading parasites responsible for Animal African Trypanosomosis (Nagana), is generally cyclically transmitted by Glossina spp. but in areas devoid of the tsetse flies in Africa or in Latin American countries is mechanically transmitted across vertebrate hosts by other h...