2012
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Group 1 Is Distinguished by a Unique Amino Acid Substitution in the HpHb Receptor Implicated in Human Serum Resistance
Symula RE, Beadell JS, Sistrom M, Agbebakun K, Balmer O, Gibson W, Aksoy S, Caccone A. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Group 1 Is Distinguished by a Unique Amino Acid Substitution in the HpHb Receptor Implicated in Human Serum Resistance. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012, 6: e1728. PMID: 22802982, PMCID: PMC3393672, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrypanosome lytic factorHuman serum resistanceGroup 2Group 1Serum resistanceHaptoglobin-hemoglobin receptorHuman serumHuman African trypanosomiasisInnate immunityTrypanosoma brucei rhodesienseUnique amino acid substitutionsAltered activityLytic factorCausative agentLytic activityHemoglobin receptorTLF-1African trypanosomiasisBrucei rhodesienseSerumReceptorsAmino acid substitutionsFurther evidenceHpHbRTBR
2006
Co‐occurrence of East and West African kdr mutations suggests high levels of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Anopheles gambiae from Libreville, Gabon
Pinto J, Lynd A, Elissa N, Donnelly M, Costa C, Gentile G, Caccone A, DO Rosário V. Co‐occurrence of East and West African kdr mutations suggests high levels of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Anopheles gambiae from Libreville, Gabon. Medical And Veterinary Entomology 2006, 20: 27-32. PMID: 16608487, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00611.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research