Comparative susceptibility of Glossina longipennis and G. brevipalpis to pathogenic species of Trypanosoma

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-214

  Moloo, S K ^a   Okumu, I O ^a   Kuria, N M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle; G. longipennis; G. morsitans centralis; Glossina brevipalpis; Goats; Susceptibility; T. congolense; T. vivax; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA BREVIPALPIS; GLOSSINA LONGIPENNIS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS CENTRALIS; INVERTEBRATA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 0032053084     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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