Factors affecting trypanosome maturation in tsetse flies.

Trypanosoma brucei brucei infections which establish successfully in the tsetse fly midgut may subsequently mature into mammalian infective trypanosomes in the salivary glands. This maturation is not automatic and the control of these events is complex. Utilising direct in vivo feeding experiments,...

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Main Authors: Ewan Thomas Macleod, Alistair Charles Darby, Ian Maudlin, Sue Christina Welburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1797825?pdf=render