Table 4. Trypanosome stabilates characterized using PCR, procyclic transmission test, and isoenzyme techniques.

		Technique used in the characterization
Species of tryps	Number of stabilates	PCR	Procyclic Transmission Test (PTT)	Isoenzyme	References
T. evansi	32 (35%)	+	+	+	[8]–[11]
T. vivax	9 (4%)	-	-	+	[12]
T. b. gambiense	17 (35%)	+	-	+	[7], [11], [13]
T. b. rhodesiense	25 (5%)	+	-	+	[14], [15]
T. simiae	1 (33%)	+	-	-	[16]
T. brucei	274 (45%)	+	+	-	[17], [18]

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