Murine Models for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Disease Progression—From Silent to Chronic Infections and Early Brain Tropism

Christiane Giroud; Florence Ottones; Virginie Coustou; Denis Dacheux; Nicolas Biteau; Benjamin Miezan; Nick Van Reet; Mark Carrington; Felix Doua; Théo Baltz

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000509

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Murine Models for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Disease Progression—From Silent to Chronic Infections and Early Brain Tropism

Christiane Giroud ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christiane Giroud, Florence Ottones, Virginie Coustou

Affiliation UMR 5234, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, IFR66, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Florence Ottones ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christiane Giroud, Florence Ottones, Virginie Coustou

Affiliation UMR 5234, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, IFR66, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Virginie Coustou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Christiane Giroud, Florence Ottones, Virginie Coustou

Affiliation UMR 5234, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, IFR66, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Denis Dacheux,

Affiliation UMR 5234, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, IFR66, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Nicolas Biteau,

Affiliation UMR 5234, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, IFR66, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Benjamin Miezan,

Affiliation Projet de recherches cliniques sur la trypanosomiase (PRCT), Daloa, Ivory Coast
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Nick Van Reet,

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Department of Parasitology, Antwerp, Belgium
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Mark Carrington,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Felix Doua,

Affiliation Projet de recherches cliniques sur la trypanosomiase (PRCT), Daloa, Ivory Coast
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Théo Baltz

* E-mail: theo.baltz@u-bordeaux2.fr

Affiliation UMR 5234, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, IFR66, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Murine Models for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Disease Progression—From Silent to Chronic Infections and Early Brain Tropism

Christiane Giroud,
Florence Ottones,
Virginie Coustou,
Denis Dacheux,
Nicolas Biteau,
Benjamin Miezan,
Nick Van Reet,
Mark Carrington,
Felix Doua,
Théo Baltz

Published: September 1, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000509

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