International Team Sequences Sleeping Sickness Parasite Genome
April 14, 2010
International Team Sequences Sleeping Sickness Parasite Genome
An international research team reported today that they have sequenced the genome of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the parasite that causes sleeping sickness in Africa, and started comparing it to a T. brucei reference genome.
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