| detection of trypanosoma lewisi from wild rats in southern china and its genetic diversity based on the its1 and its2 sequences. | trypanosoma lewisi has widely been considered as a non-pathogenic rat trypanosome. however, more and more cases of humans infected with t. lewisi have been reported around the world, indicating that it can infect humans in some undetermined circumstances. quick and sensitive diagnosis of infection by t. lewisi is important for both treatment of patients and epidemiological studies of this parasite. in this paper, three methods i.e. wet blood smear (diagnosis by microscopy), pcr and lamp were use ... | 2012 | 22449774 |