Infections with Immunogenic Trypanosomes Reduce Tsetse Reproductive Fitness: Potential Impact of Different Parasite Strains on Vector Population Structure

Changyun Hu; Rita V. M. Rio; Jan Medlock; Lee R. Haines; Dana Nayduch; Amy F. Savage; Nurper Guz; Geoffrey M. Attardo; Terry W. Pearson; Alison P. Galvani; Serap Aksoy

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000192

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Infections with Immunogenic Trypanosomes Reduce Tsetse Reproductive Fitness: Potential Impact of Different Parasite Strains on Vector Population Structure

Changyun Hu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Changyun Hu, Rita V. M. Rio

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Rita V. M. Rio ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Changyun Hu, Rita V. M. Rio

Current address: Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Jan Medlock,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Lee R. Haines,

Current address: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Petch Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Dana Nayduch,

Current address: Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Amy F. Savage,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Nurper Guz,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Geoffrey M. Attardo,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Terry W. Pearson,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Petch Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Alison P. Galvani,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Serap Aksoy

* E-mail: serap.aksoy@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Infections with Immunogenic Trypanosomes Reduce Tsetse Reproductive Fitness: Potential Impact of Different Parasite Strains on Vector Population Structure

Changyun Hu,
Rita V. M. Rio,
Jan Medlock,
Lee R. Haines,
Dana Nayduch,
Amy F. Savage,
Nurper Guz,
Geoffrey M. Attardo,
Terry W. Pearson,
Alison P. Galvani

Published: March 12, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000192

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