Evidence for viable and stable triploid Trypanosoma congolense parasites.. Triploid Trypanosoma congolense parasites

Recent whole genome sequencing analysis identified a viable triploid strain of Trypanosoma congolense. This triploid strain BANANCL2 was a clone of the field isolate BANAN/83/CRTRA/64 that was collected from cattle in Burkina Faso in 1983. We demonstrated the viability and stability of this triploidy throughout the complete life cycle of the parasite by infecting tsetse flies with the triploid clone BANANCL2. The presence of viable field-isolated triploid parasites indicates another possible layer of genetic diversity in natural T. congolense populations. See more detail in "Evidence for viable and stable triploid Trypanosoma congolense parasites", Tihon, Imamura, Dujardin, Van Den Abbeele, Parasites & Vectors, 2017