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Glossina spp. gut bacterial flora and their putative role in fly-hosted trypanosome development

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by trypanosomes transmitted to humans by the tsetse fly, in which they accomplish their development into their infective metacyclic form. The crucial step in parasite survival occurs when it invades the fly midgut. Insect digestive enzymes and immune def...

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Autores principales: Geiger, Anne, Fardeau, Marie-Laure, Njiokou, Flobert, Ollivier, Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898466
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00034