Identification of Trypanosome proteins in plasma from African sleeping sickness patients infected with T. b. rhodesiense.

Control of human African sleeping sickness, caused by subspecies of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, is based on preventing transmission by elimination of the tsetse vector and by active diagnostic screening and treatment of infected patients. To identify trypanosome proteins that have pot...

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Main Authors: Brett A Eyford, Rushdy Ahmad, John C Enyaru, Steven A Carr, Terry W Pearson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3738533?pdf=render