Implicating roles of animal reservoir hosts in the resurgence of Gambian trypanosomosis (Sleeping Sickness)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Abenga, J N ^a   Lawal, I A ^b  

^a Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir hosts; Biotechnologies; Gambian trypanosomosis; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 18344374031     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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