A longitudinal epidemiological survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors in the White Volta river basin of Northern Ghana

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 201-208

  Mahama, C I ^a   Desquesnes, M ^b   Dia, M L ^b   Losson, B ^c   De Deken, R ^d   Speybroeck, N ^d   Geerts, S ^d  

^a Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Contr U   (Ghana)

^b Ctr Intl Rech Devmt Sur l'E   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle protozoa; Epidemiology; Ghana; Survey; Trypanosomosis; Tsetse fly

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CATTLE; CELL VOLUME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; GLOSSINA (PROPER); PROTOZOA;

EID: 14644422131     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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