The transmission of mixed Trypanosoma brucei brucei/T. congolense infections by tsetse (Glossina morsitans morsitans)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 147-153

  Van Den Bossche, P ^a   De Deken, R ^a   Brandt, J ^a   Geerts, S ^a   Geysen, D ^a   Berkvens, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mixed infection; Transmission; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 1642554619     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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