A comprehensive genetic analysis of candidate genes regulating response to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice.

• Main Authors: Ian Goodhead (Author), Alan Archibald (Author), Peris Amwayi (Author), Andy Brass (Author), John Gibson (Author), Neil Hall (Author), Margaret A Hughes (Author), Moses Limo (Author), Fuad Iraqi (Author), Stephen J Kemp (Author), Harry A Noyes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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African trypanosomes are protozoan parasites that cause "sleeping sickness" in humans and a similar disease in livestock. Trypanosomes also infect laboratory mice and three major quantitative trait loci (QTL) that regulate survival time after infection with T. congolense have been identifi...