Screening of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in domestic livestock and tsetse flies from an insular endemic focus (Luba, Equatorial Guinea).

• Hauptverfasser: Carlos Cordon-Obras (VerfasserIn), Carmen García-Estébanez (VerfasserIn), Nicolás Ndong-Mabale (VerfasserIn), Simón Abaga (VerfasserIn), Pedro Ndongo-Asumu (VerfasserIn), Agustín Benito (VerfasserIn), Jorge Cano (VerfasserIn)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Sleeping sickness is spread over 36 Sub-Saharan African countries. In West and Central Africa, the disease is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which produces a chronic clinical manifestation. The Luba focus (Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea) has not reported autochthonous sleeping s...