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. 2014 May 22;8(5):e2747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002747

Table 1. Primary trypanosome isolates collected from various countries and stored at the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute cryobank.

Species of Trypanosomes: Number and period of isolation
Country Isolate/Year Tbb Tb subgroup Tbr Tbg T. congolense T. vivax T. evansi T. simiae T. theileri T. lewesi UC Mixed
Kenya No 101 194 274 - 107 166 89 3 - - - 29
Year 1961–2001 1961–2006 1958–2009 - 1961–2008 1969–2009 1968–2003 1970 - - 18 1970–2006
Uganda No 1 238 123 22 82 64 - - 2 8 14 5
Year 1968 1960–1983 1959–2004 1959–2002 1955–1983 1961–1972 - - 1972–1973 1966 14 1955–1971
Tanzania No - 57 7 - 35 - - - - - - 9
Year - 1966–1974 1934, 1959–1974 - 1966–1974 - - - - - - 1966–1974
Botswana No - - 2 - - - - - - - - -
Year - - 1960 - - - - - - -
Sudan No - - - 26 - - 2 - - - - -
Year - - - 1982–2003 - - 1973 - - - - -
Mozambique No - - 2 - - - - - - - - -
Year - - 1980, 1983 - - - - - - - - -
Nigeria No - - - - - 4 - - - - - -
Year - - - - - 1970–1973 - - - - - -
Zambia No - - - - 2 - - - - - - -
Year - - - - 1981 - - - - - - -
NDA No 2 21 8 - 17 5 1 - - - 3 2
Year 1961 - - - 1962–1985 1961 - - - - - 2
Total 104 510 416 48 243 240 92 3 2 8 35 45

Key: Tbb  =  Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Tbr  =  Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Tbg  =  Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; UN  =  unclassified; NDA  =  no data available; *: academic institutes from Germany (B. Weitz Lister and Berlin University) donated these stabilates to the KETRI cryobank. Of the unclassified, 14 are from tsetse flies, two from humans, and two from unknown hosts.