What can we hope to gain for trypanosomiasis control from molecular studies on tsetse biology?

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 8-

  Aksoy, Serap ^a   Hao, Zhengrong ^a   Strickler, Patricia M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0142104418     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-1-4     Document Type: Review

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