Monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus, Linnaeus, 1766) as a host for tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, Newstead, 1910) in the sleeping sickness endemic foci of Uganda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-351

  Waiswa, Charles ^a   Picozzi, K ^b   Olaho Mukani, W ^c   Katunguka Rwakishaya, E ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAAIF   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HOST; LIZARD; TSETSE FLY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA FUSCIPES; GLOSSINA FUSCIPES FUSCIPES; GLOSSINIDAE; SQUAMATA; VARANUS; VARANUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0842334681     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2003.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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