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[Image:Tbruceipleomorphy.jpeg|400 × 300 px|right|thumb|Different Life Cycle Stages of <i>T. brucei</i>. (Roditi <i>et al.</i>,2008]] | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
[[Image:Tbrucei_LifeCycle.gif|300 × 213 px|left|thumb|General diagram of the <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> life cycle [http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/images/ParasiteImages/S-Z/TrypanosomiasisAfrican/AfrTryp_LifeCycle.gif]]] | [[Image:Tbrucei_LifeCycle.gif|300 × 213 px|left|thumb|General diagram of the <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> life cycle [http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/images/ParasiteImages/S-Z/TrypanosomiasisAfrican/AfrTryp_LifeCycle.gif]]] | ||
==Antigenic Variation== | ==Antigenic Variation== | ||
== | ==Development within Insect Vector== | ||
== | ==Development within Host== | ||
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
Revision as of 03:13, 15 April 2009
[Image:Tbruceipleomorphy.jpeg|400 × 300 px|right|thumb|Different Life Cycle Stages of T. brucei. (Roditi et al.,2008]]
Introduction
Antigenic Variation
Development within Insect Vector
Development within Host
Conclusion
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Edited by student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 238 Microbiology, 2009, Kenyon College.
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