TY - JOUR
T1 - What happens when Trypanosoma brucei leaves Africa
AU - Jensen, Robert E.
AU - Simpson, Larry
AU - Englund, Paul T.
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - Julius Lukeš and co-workers evaluated the evolutionary origin of Trypanosoma equiperdum and Trypanosoma evansi, parasites that cause horse and camel diseases. Although similar to T. brucei, the sleeping-sickness parasite, these trypanosomes do not cycle through the tsetse fly and have been able to spread beyond Africa. Transmission occurs sexually, or via blood-sucking flies or vampire bats. They concluded that these parasites, which resemble yeast petite mutants, are T. brucei sub-species, which have evolved recently through changes in mitochondrial DNA.
AB - Julius Lukeš and co-workers evaluated the evolutionary origin of Trypanosoma equiperdum and Trypanosoma evansi, parasites that cause horse and camel diseases. Although similar to T. brucei, the sleeping-sickness parasite, these trypanosomes do not cycle through the tsetse fly and have been able to spread beyond Africa. Transmission occurs sexually, or via blood-sucking flies or vampire bats. They concluded that these parasites, which resemble yeast petite mutants, are T. brucei sub-species, which have evolved recently through changes in mitochondrial DNA.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pt.2008.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.pt.2008.06.007
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 18715829
AN - SCOPUS:51449114274
SN - 1471-4922
VL - 24
SP - 428
EP - 431
JO - Trends in parasitology
JF - Trends in parasitology
IS - 10
ER -