Trypanosoma lewisi

Known as: Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi, Trypanosoma lewisus, lewisus, Trypanosoma 
A trypanosome found in the blood of adult rats and transmitted by the rat flea. It is generally non-pathogenic in adult rats but can cause lethal… (More)
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2015
2015
Resistance to normal human serum reveals Trypanosoma lewisi as an underestimated human pathogen.
Human-infectious trypanosomes such as Trypanosoma cruzi, T. brucei rhodesiense, and T. b. gambiense can be discriminated from… (More)
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2014
2014
On opportunist infections by Trypanosoma lewisi in humans and its differential diagnosis from T. cruzi and T. rangeli
Trypanosoma lewisi is a cosmopolitan species originally found in Rattus spp., being nonpathogenic, host-restricted, and… (More)
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2007
2007
Diagnosis of a Trypanosoma lewisi-like (Herpetosoma) infection in a sick infant from Thailand.
Trypanosomes were observed in a peripheral blood smear from a 45-day-old Thai infant displaying fever, anaemia, cough and… (More)
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2002
2002
PCR identification of Trypanosoma lewisi, a common parasite of laboratory rats
Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) lewisi is a trypanosome of the sub-genus Herpetosoma (Stercoraria section), parasite of rats (Rattus… (More)
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2002
2002
Prevalence of Trypanosoma lewisi in Rattus norvegicus from Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
From April 1984 to March 1985, a Trypanosoma lewisi prevalence of 21.7% was found in 429 Rattus norvegicus trapped in Belo… (More)
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1997
1997
Increasing of Toxoplasma gondii (Coccidia, Sarcocystidae) infections by Trypanosoma lewisi (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) in white rats.
To demonstrate that T. lewisi infection increases T. gondii multiplication in white rats, groups of five Wistar or Sprague Dawley… (More)
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1992
1992
Interaction of nutrition and infection: effect of copper deficiency on resistance to Trypanosoma lewisi.
The copper-deficient rat-trypanosome system was used to study copper deficiency in Sprague Dawley rats infected with Trypanosoma… (More)
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1990
1990
A medium for the continuous cultivation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma lewisi at 37 C.
Trypanosoma lewisi has been maintained continuously at 37 C for more than 2 yr in Iscove's modified Dulbecco's medium with 10… (More)
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1976
1976
Complement in experimental Trypanosoma lewisi infection of rats.
The role of complement in host resistance to infection with Trypanosoma lewisi was studied in normal, C4-deficient, and C3… (More)
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1968
1968
Fine structure and replication of the kinetoplast of Trypanosoma lewisi.
The kinetoplastic DNA of Trypanosoma lewisi is described as a filamentous body lying within a mitochondrion, with the filaments… (More)
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