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A tropical tale: how Naja nigricollis venom beats Trypanosoma brucei

Abstract

Trypanosoma brucei is a parasitic protozoan species capable to infecting insect vectors whose bite further produces African sleeping sickness inhuman beings [1]. During the parasite’s extracellular life in the mammalian host,its outer coat, mainly composed of Variable Surface Glycoproteins (VSGs) [2],undergoes enormous variation in its composition to avoid the host’s lytic immune response.

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Conference Poster, 2016

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