Multiple-drug resistant Trypanosoma congolense populations in village cattle of Metekel district, north-west Ethiopia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Afewerk, Y ^a   Clausen, P H ^a   Abebe, G ^b   Tilahun, G ^b   Mehlitz, D ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Diminazene aceturate; Drug resistance; Ethiopia; Isometamidium chloride; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

ISOMETAMIDIUM CHLORIDE;

CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIMINAZENE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ETHIOPIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; PHENANTHRIDINES; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0034597389     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00108-X     Document Type: Article

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