Subpatent

Following the period of patent parasitemia is a subpatent period.

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Twenty-two per cent of humans in the area were, or had been, carrying subpatent trypanosome infections, suggesting that the T. b. rhodesiense reservoir in the region could be considerable.

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While the method of PCR has allowed increased accuracy in the screening of infections from putative host species and populations, including individuals with very light or subpatent infections, and has thus allowed better estimates of the true prevalence of infection, it also poses numerous limitations.

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Leaves erect, appressed, or subpatent, lanceolate, acute, serrated, especially towards the extremity, the margins recurved; the nerve reaching nearly to the point; surface papillose; colour pale-yellow-green, especially when dry.

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