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PCR identification of Trypanosoma lewisi, a common parasite of laboratory rats

Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi is a trypanosome of the sub-genus Herpetosoma (Stercoraria section), parasite of rats (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus) transmitted by fleas. T. lewisi has a stringent species specificity and cannot grow in other rodents such as mice. Rats are infected principall...

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Autores principales: Desquesnes, Marc, Ravel, Sophie, Cuny, Gérard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC119323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12234387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9292-1-2