Study on the mechanical transmission by tsetse fly Glossina morsitans centralis of Trypanosoma vivax, T. congolense or T. brucei brucei to goats

Acta Tropica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-108

  Moloo, S K ^a   Kabata, J M ^a   Gitire, N M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Glossina morsitans centralis; Goats; Mechanical transmission; T. brucei brucei; T. congolense; Trypanasoma vivax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOAT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS CENTRALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 0033990990     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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