Study on the sequential tsetse-transmitted Trypanosoma congolense, T. brucei brucei and T. vivax infections to African buffalo, eland, waterbuck, N'Dama and Boran cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-213

  Moloo, S K ^a   Orinda, G O ^b   Sabwa, C L ^a   Minja, S H ^a   Masake, R A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Boran; Buffalo; Cattle protozoa; Eland; Glossina austeni; Glossina brevipalpis; Glossina longipennis; Glossina morsitans centralis; Glossina pallidipes; Goat; Mouse; Reservoir hosts; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma congolense; Trypanosoma vivax; Waterbuck

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TSETSE FLY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOATS; HEMATOCRIT; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PARASITEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES;

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; DAMA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA AUSTENI; GLOSSINA BREVIPALPIS; GLOSSINA LONGIPENNIS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS CENTRALIS; GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; PROTOZOA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 0032890095     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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