D. Mehlitz

TL;DR: A group of closely related minor zymodemes constituted another trypanosome population ineffective to man in West Africa which had a variable sensitivity to normal human serum and had been previously associated with chronic gambiense sleeping sickness.

TL;DR: Clinical and parasitological findings support the possible role of the capybara as a reservoir host of T.evansi, dogs and cattle--due to their close contact with horses--should rather be regarded as efficient reservoir hosts for Mal de Cadeiras in the study area.

TL;DR: It is concluded that T. b.b. gambiense stands out as a real subspecies that has undergone a distinct evolution relative to the 'non-gambiense' group, and domestic animals like pig, dog and sheep constitute a potential reservoir for T.b.'s gamiense.

TL;DR: Two stocks from pigs were found both to be resistant to human plasma and to have an isoenzyme marker, a slow alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) pattern, previously found only in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense from man, constitutes evidence that the pig is a reservoir of human trypanosomiasis in West Africa.

TL;DR: This chapter presents and compares the enzyme profiles of a large number of trypanosome populations from many countries using thin-layer starch gel electrophoresis to construct a phylogenetic tree or a cladogram of developmental pathways that involved the minimal amount of genetic alteration.