Trypanosomiasis: Skin deep

Aitor Casas Sanchez; Alvaro Acosta-Serrano

doi:10.7554/elife.21506

Trypanosomiasis: Skin deep

Aitor Casas Sanchez, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano

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Abstract

Trypanosome parasites are hiding in human skin, a discovery that may undermine efforts to eliminate sleeping sickness by 2020.

Original language	English
Article number	e21506
Pages (from-to)	e21506
Journal	eLife
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.21506
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2016

Keywords

epidemiology
global health
human
Human African Trypanosomiasis
infectious disease
microbiology
mouse
reservoir
skin
transmission
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
tsetse fly

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Trypanosomiasis: Skin deep

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