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[[Image: | [[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]]] | ||
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
==Antigenic Variation== | ==Antigenic Variation== | ||
[[Image:Tbruceipleomorphy.jpeg|300 × 200 px|right|thumb|Different Life Cycle Stages of <i>T. brucei</i> and their respective cell coats. a)Procyclic form in fly midgut. b)Long trypomastigote in fly proventriculus c)Asymmetric dividing epimastigote in fly proventriculus. d)short epimastigote in fly proventriculus. e)attached epimastigotes in fly salivary gland. f) metacyclic trypanosome in salivary gland, prepared for host inoculation. Note the different cell coats the trypanosome maintains throughout its fly life cycle.(Roditi <i>et al.</i>,2008)]] | |||
==Development within Insect Vector== | ==Development within Insect Vector== | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 16 April 2009
Introduction
Antigenic Variation
Development within Insect Vector
Development within Host
Conclusion
References
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p.614-621
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4. Nikolskala, O. Lima, A. Kim, Y. Lonsdale-Eccles, J. Fukuma, T. Scharfstein, J. Grab, D. "Blood-brain barrier traversal by
African trypanosomes requires calcium signaling induced by parasite cysteine protease" The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
2006. Volume 116 No. 10 p.2739-2747
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Edited by student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 238 Microbiology, 2009, Kenyon College.
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