Effects of Tsetse DNA Virus Infection on the Survival of a Host Fly,Glossina morsitans centralis(Diptera; Glossinidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-260

  Sang, Rosemary C ^a   Jura, Walter G Z O ^b   Otieno, Leonard H ^b   Tukei, Peter M ^a   Mwangi, Richard W ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Degeneration; DNA virus; Epithelium; Feeding; Histopathology; Lesions; Longevity; Midgut; Tsetse Glossina morsitans centralis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039919710     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.4629     Document Type: Article

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