A cross-sectional epidemiological survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors in the Savelugu and West Mamprusi districts of northern Ghana

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Mahama, C I ^a   Desquesnes, M ^b   Dia, M L ^b   Losson, B ^c   De Deken, R ^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

ANIMAL HEALTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RIVER; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA PALPALIS GAMBIENSIS; GLOSSINA TACHINOIDES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2442638709     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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