A Trypanosoma brucei gambiense gene variant confers human serum resistance
Nicola Minshall, Sourav Banerjee, Olivia J. S. Macleod, Helena Webb, Alexander D. Cook, Matthew K. Higgins, Mark Carrington
The paper identifies a gene variant in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense that confers resistance to human serum, explaining how this subspecies evades trypanolytic factors.
bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology