Blood of African Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris Contains 115-kDa Trypanolytic Protein that Kills Trypanosoma congolense.

Abubakar Lema AbdullahiEmmanuel Oluwadare BalogunAminu Bashir YusufOluwafemi Abiodun AdepojuBashiru IbrahimFlore GouegniAmaya Jobin HabilaSunday Eneojo AtawodiMohammed Nasir ShuaibuMohammed MammanAndrew Jonathan Nok

Published in: Acta parasitologica (2020)

For the first time, it is here demonstrated that hedgehog blood has significant trypanolytic activity against T. congolense. The potential application of the hedgehog protein for the breeding of trypanosomosis-resistant livestock in tsetse fly belt is discussed.

Keyphrases

protein protein
amino acid
binding protein
heat shock protein
small molecule
risk assessment
drosophila melanogaster