High Prevalence of Drug Resistance in Animal Trypanosomes without a History of Drug Exposure

Trypanosomosis is responsible for the death of 3 million heads of cattle yearly, with 50 million animals at risk in sub-Saharan Africa. DA, a commonly used drug against the disease, was marketed decades ago. Drug resistance is reported in 21 African countries. A common argument about the origin of d...

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Main Authors: Chitanga, Simbarashe, Marcotty, Tanguy, Namangala, Boniface, Van den Bossche, Peter, Van Den Abbeele, Jan, Delespaux, Vincent
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3243716/