Insights into the trypanosome-host interactions revealed through transcriptomic analysis of parasitized tsetse fly salivary glands.

The agents of sleeping sickness disease, Trypanosoma brucei complex parasites, are transmitted to mammalian hosts through the bite of an infected tsetse. Information on tsetse-trypanosome interactions in the salivary gland (SG) tissue, and on mammalian infective metacyclic (MC) parasites present in...

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Main Authors: Erich Loza Telleria, Joshua B Benoit, Xin Zhao, Amy F Savage, Sandesh Regmi, Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva, Michelle O'Neill, Serap Aksoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3998935?pdf=render