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Origin of Mammalian Trypanosomes which Develop in the Anterior-station of Blood-sucking Arthropods

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Two hypotheses have already been advanced on the origin of the pathogenic trypanosomes of African mammals. A third is here proposed, in which it is suggested that they originated recently from leech-transmitted trypanosomes of aquatic reptiles in the tropics.

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WOO, P. Origin of Mammalian Trypanosomes which Develop in the Anterior-station of Blood-sucking Arthropods. Nature 228, 1059–1062 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281059a0

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