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Trypanosomes are single-celled parasites that cause life-threatening diseases in humans, domestic livestock and wild animals. In sub-Saharan Africa, infection with a species called Trypanosoma brucei or T.brucei causes African sleeping sickness, which results in organ failure and eventually fatal coma if left untreated. There are limited diagnostic tests and treatments available and much of trypanosome biology remains undiscovered.

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This video is a summary of ‘Intrabody-Induced Cell Death by Targeting the T. brucei Cytoskeletal Protein TbBILBO1’ published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.00915-21

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