Mechanical transmission of Trypanosoma evansi and T. congolense by Stomoxys niger and S. taeniatus in a laboratory mouse model

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-422

  Sumba, A Leunita ^a   Mihok, Steve ^a   Oyieke, Florence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Mechanical transmission; Mouse model; Stomoxys; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MOUSE; MUSCIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; MUSCIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

MUS; MUSCIDAE; STOMOXYS; STOMOXYS NIGER; STOMOXYS NIGER NIGER; STOMOXYS TAENIATUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 0032192365     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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