Trypanosome stabilates characterized using PCR, procyclic transmission test, and isoenzyme techniques.

<p><b>Key:</b> +  =  test was performed; -  =  test was not performed; numbers in parentheses  =  total number of stabilates in the cryobank.</p

Number of primary trypanosome stabilates collected, preserved, and stored at the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute cryobank.

<p>Number of primary trypanosome stabilates collected, preserved, and stored at the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute cryobank.</p

Drug resistant trypanosome stabilates stored at the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute cryobank.

<p>Other than KETRI 2538, which is molecularly characterized (not published), molecular characterization of the other isolates is not available. <b>Key</b>: *  =  these isolates were recovered from cases of treatment failure following suramin chemotherapy; a  =  stabilates which were made resistant to melarsoprol in the laboratory; EATRO  =  East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization; KETRI  =  Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute; DFMO  =  difluoromethylornithine.</p

Animal hosts from which various trypanosomes were isolated and stored at the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute cryobank.

<p><b>Key:</b> Tbb  =  Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Tb  =  Trypanosoma brucei; Tbr  =  Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; UC  =  unclassified; HNI  =  host of isolation not indicated.</p