Background Trypanosoma brucei is a eukaryotic pathogen which causes African trypanosomiasis. It is notable for its variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat, which undergoes antigenic variation enabled
We collected H. mixtum from bank voles (Myodes glareolus) captured in Urwitałt, in northeast Poland (53° 47' 56.50"N, 21° 38' 44.4"E) in Autumn 2014. Rodents were live-trapped in wooden traps with gra