Journal
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00053
Keywords
African trypanosomes; development; parasite cycle; tsetse fly; vector
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- Institut Pasteur
- ERC-Nanosym project
- Research Foundation-Flanders
- InterUniversity Attraction Pole program [P7/41]
- Institute of Tropical Medicine
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African trypanosomes are unicellular flagellated parasites causing trypanosomiases in Africa, a group of severe diseases also known as sleeping sickness in human and nagana in cattle. These parasites are almost exclusively transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. In this review, we describe and compare the three developmental programs of the main trypanosome species impacting human and animal health, with focus on the most recent observations. From here, some reflections are made on research issues concerning trypanosome developmental biology in the tsetse fly that are to be addressed in the future.
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