| characterization of trypanosoma brucei s.l. subspecies by isoenzymes in domestic pigs from the fontem sleeping sickness focus of cameroon. | though it has been established that domestic animals (especially the pig) are potential reservoir hosts for trypanosoma brucei gambiense in west africa, there is little data to this effect concerning central africa. instead, some previous authors report the absence of trypanozoon type trypanosomes in domestic animals in cameroon. thirty-two domestic pigs were sampled by kivi (kit for in vitro isolation) of trypanosomes in the northern region (bechati) of the fontem sleeping sickness focus of cam ... | 2002 | 11835899 |
| an isoenzyme survey of trypanosoma brucei s.l. from the central african subregion: population structure, taxonomic and epidemiological considerations. | in order to improve our knowledge about the taxonomic status and the population structure of the causative agent of human african trypanosomiasis in the central african subregion, 169 newly isolated stocks, of which 16 came from pigs, and 5 reference stocks, were characterized by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, for 17 genetic loci. we identified 22 different isoenzyme profiles or zymodemes, many of which showed limited differences between them. these zymodemes were equated to multilocus genot ... | 2004 | 15206467 |