Parasite specific 7SL-derived small RNA is an effective target for diagnosis of active trypanosomiasis infection.

• Main Authors: Stephen M Chiweshe (Author), Pieter C Steketee (Author), Siddharth Jayaraman (Author), Edith Paxton (Author), Kyriaki Neophytou (Author), Heidi Erasmus (Author), Michel Labuschagne (Author), Anneli Cooper (Author), Annette MacLeod (Author), Finn E Grey (Author), Liam J Morrison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human and animal African trypanosomiasis (HAT & AAT, respectively) remain a significant health and economic issue across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Effective control of AAT and potential eradication of HAT requires affordable, sensitive and specific diagnostic tests that can be used in the fiel...