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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense transmitted by a single tsetse fly bite in vervet monkeys as a model of human African trypanosomiasis.

Thuita, John Kibuthu; Kagira, John Maina; Mwangangi, David Mumo; Matovu, E.; Turner, C. M.; Masiga, D. (Public Library of Science, 2008-05-14)

We have investigated the pathogenicity of tsetse (Glossina pallidipes)-transmitted cloned strains of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vervet monkeys. Tsetse flies were confirmed to have mature trypanosome infections by ...