Species Database

Trypanosoma vivax Genome Database

Genomic resource for the major cattle pathogen of sub-Saharan Africa and South America.

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Genome Strains

The T. vivax genome database is currently under development.

S1
Strain 1
T. vivax
Genome assembly currently under development.
Building T. vivax
S2
Strain 2
T. vivax
Genome assembly currently under development.
Building T. vivax
S3
Strain 3
T. vivax
Genome assembly currently under development.
Building T. vivax

What is T. vivax?

Trypanosoma vivax is a major pathogen of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa and South America. It is transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) and mechanically by biting flies, causing nagana — a disease responsible for significant economic losses in tropical livestock production systems.

Genomic Features

T. vivax possesses a complex genome with extensive gene families involved in immune evasion, including VSG-like gene repertoires. The genome also encodes unique surface proteins that distinguish it from other Trypanosoma species.

Coming Features

The database will include genome browsers with interactive SVG viewers, dotplots for synteny analysis, Circos visualizations, BLAST search tools, and downloadable annotation files in standard formats (GFF3, FASTA, GenBank).

Publications

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Greif G, Rodriguez M, Bontempi I, Robello C, Alvarez-Valin F.
Different kinetoplast degradation patterns in American Trypanosoma vivax strains: Multiple independent origins or fast evolution?
Genomics (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.12.037
2
Greif G, Rodriguez M, Reyna-Bello A, Robello C, Alvarez-Valin F.
Kinetoplast adaptations in American strains from Trypanosoma vivax.
Mutat. Res. (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2015.01.008
3
Greif G, Ponce de Leon M, Lamolle G, Rodriguez M, Piñeyro D, Tavares-Marques LM, Reyna-Bello A, Robello C, Alvarez-Valin F.
Transcriptome analysis of the bloodstream stage from the parasite Trypanosoma vivax.
BMC Genomics (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-149