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- ↑ "Species Trypanosoma pestanai". UniProt . Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ↑ Regina Lizundia; Chris Newman; Christina D. Buesching; Daniel Ngugi; Damer Blake; Yung Wa Sin; David W. Macdonald; Alan Wilson; Declan McKeever (February 14, 2011). "Evidence for a Role of the Host-Specific Flea (Paraceras melis) in the Transmission of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) pestanai to the European Badger". PLOS ONE . 6 (2): e16977. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616977L. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016977 . PMC 3038870 . PMID 21340028.
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