A tropical tale: how Naja nigricollis venom beats Trypanosoma brucei

Andrea Martos Esteban; Andreas Hougaard Laustsen; Mark Carrington

A tropical tale: how Naja nigricollis venom beats Trypanosoma brucei

Andrea Martos Esteban, Andreas Hougaard Laustsen, Mark Carrington

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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.

Original language	English
Publication date	2016
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Symposium for Biological and Life Science Students (SymBLS) 2016 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 25 Nov 2016 → 25 Nov 2016

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Conference	Symposium for Biological and Life Science Students (SymBLS) 2016
Country	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	25/11/2016 → 25/11/2016

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