Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control

The identification and tracking of sub-populations through time and space are critical to fully understanding the epidemiology of parasitic diseases. However, very little is known about the structure, distribution and dynamics of trypanosome populations in the field. Most laboratory studies that hav...

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Autores principales: Coleman, P.G., McDermott, John J.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: European Union 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51267
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author Coleman, P.G.
McDermott, John J.
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description The identification and tracking of sub-populations through time and space are critical to fully understanding the epidemiology of parasitic diseases. However, very little is known about the structure, distribution and dynamics of trypanosome populations in the field. Most laboratory studies that have characterised trypanosomes have concentrated on adapted clones, while in those studies that have applied the characterisation techniques to field samples the number of isolates examined tended to be relatively small. Here, we examine how knowledge of the population biology of trypanosomes could be used to better understand the epidemiology of drug resistance and inform the design of integrated control strategies to manage the spread of drug resistance. Specific areas of research are proposed (e.g. experimental determination of the relative fitness of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant clones) that are important to furthering this knowledge.
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spelling CGSpace512672024-01-08T18:54:14Z Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control Coleman, P.G. McDermott, John J. trypanosomiasis disease control trypanosomes (phytomonas) biology drug resistance The identification and tracking of sub-populations through time and space are critical to fully understanding the epidemiology of parasitic diseases. However, very little is known about the structure, distribution and dynamics of trypanosome populations in the field. Most laboratory studies that have characterised trypanosomes have concentrated on adapted clones, while in those studies that have applied the characterisation techniques to field samples the number of isolates examined tended to be relatively small. Here, we examine how knowledge of the population biology of trypanosomes could be used to better understand the epidemiology of drug resistance and inform the design of integrated control strategies to manage the spread of drug resistance. Specific areas of research are proposed (e.g. experimental determination of the relative fitness of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant clones) that are important to furthering this knowledge. 2000 2014-10-31T06:22:20Z 2014-10-31T06:22:20Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51267 en Limited Access European Union
spellingShingle trypanosomiasis
disease control
trypanosomes (phytomonas)
biology
drug resistance
Coleman, P.G.
McDermott, John J.
Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control
title Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control
title_full Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control
title_fullStr Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control
title_full_unstemmed Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control
title_short Trypanosome population biology - an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control
title_sort trypanosome population biology an approach to support the control of drug resistance and integrated trypanosomosis control
topic trypanosomiasis
disease control
trypanosomes (phytomonas)
biology
drug resistance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51267
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