Potential chink in armour of African sleeping sickness parasite: It's social
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 12:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Long considered a freewheeling loner, the Trypanosoma brucei parasite responsible for African sleeping sickness has revealed a totally unexpected social side, opening a potential chink in the behavioural armour of this and other supposedly solitary human parasites, according to research presented at the American Society for Cell Biology's 50th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia...