Distribution and abundance of trypanosome (subgenus Nannomonas) infections of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes in southern Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-18

  Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Mcnamara, J J ^b   Hargrove, J W ^c   Bealby, K A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Box CY52   (Zimbabwe)

^d Box 510016   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; DNA probe; Epidemiology; PCR; Vector

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AFRICA; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLY;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; NANNOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0030087887     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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