Trypanosomes genetic diversity, polyparasitism and the population decline of the critically endangered Australian marsupial, the brush tailed bettong or woylie (Bettongia penicillata)
•Trypanosomes in Australian marsupials comprise a heterogeneous community.•The woylie was the only species found co-infected with different trypanosomes.•Some of the trypanosomes found are able to colonize several tissues in the host.•Trypanosoma copemani is able to invade cells in vitro.•Associatio...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3862532/ |