Evidence for viable and stable triploid Trypanosoma congolense parasites

Evidence for viable and stable triploid Trypanosoma congolense parasites

Abstract Background Recent whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis identified a viable triploid strain of Trypanosoma congolense. This triploid strain BANANCL2 was a clone of the field isolate BANAN/83/CRTRA/64 that was collected from cattle in Burkina Faso in 1983. Results We demonstrated the viabil...

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Main Authors: Eliane Tihon, Hideo Imamura, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Jan Van Den Abbeele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Trypanosoma congolense
Triploidy
Whole genome sequencing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2406-z

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