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. 2017 Jun 1;11(6):e0005438.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005438. eCollection 2017 Jun.

Introducing the TrypanoGEN biobank: A valuable resource for the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis

Hamidou Ilboudo  1 , Harry Noyes  2 , Julius Mulindwa  3 , Magambo Phillip Kimuda  3   4 , Mathurin Koffi  5 , Justin Windingoudi Kaboré  1 , Bernadin Ahouty  5 , Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi  6 , Olivier Fataki  6 , Gustave Simo  7 , Elvis Ofon  7 , John Enyaru  3 , John Chisi  8 , Kelita Kamoto  8 , Martin Simuunza  9 , Vincent P Alibu  3 , Veerle Lejon  10 , Vincent Jamonneau  10   11 , Annette Macleod  12 , Mamadou Camara  13 , Bruno Bucheton  10   13 , Christiane Hertz-Fowler  2 , Issa Sidibe  1 , Enock Matovu  3 ; TrypanoGEN Research Group as members of The H3Africa Consortium
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Introducing the TrypanoGEN biobank: A valuable resource for the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis

Hamidou Ilboudo et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Age frequencies of case and control participants.
Many participants did not know their age, and approximate ages were assigned to many subjects, leading to large spikes of numbers at 30, 40, 50, and 60 years, with minor spikes at 5-year intervals. These spikes were smoothed using a moving-window average over 10 years. The mean ages of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense case and control participants were 36 and 42, respectively. The age distributions were similar except that the T. b. rhodesiense subjects’ ages were shifted to the right.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Map showing countries from which samples were collected and the proportion of each type of subject in the collection.
Stars indicate locations of biobank hubs.
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