title: The effect of human serum in vitro on Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon) brucei species trypanosomes and its relationship to infectivity in the blood incubation infectivity test.
abstract: All attempts to identify Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon) brucei species trypanosome strains by their sensitivity or resistance to human serum in vitro have so far been unsuccessful. Wet-film examination of T.(T.) b. brucei, T. (T.)b. rhodesiense and T. (Nannomonas) congolense trypanosome strains, both before and after in vitro incubation in fresh human blood for 5 hours at 37 degrees C showed that serum-sensitivity or serum-resistance is not a constant and reproducible property of a trypanosome strain and is totally unrelated to infectivity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001769:Blood; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000145:classification; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media