Effect of isometamidium chloride treatment on susceptibility of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) to trypanosome infections

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 564-567

  Van Den Bossche, P ^a,b   Akoda, K ^a   Djagmah, B ^a   Marcotty, T ^a   De Deken, R ^a   Kubi, C ^a   Parker, A ^c   Van Den Abbeele, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Glossina; Isometamidium chloride; Transmission; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ISOMETAMIDIUM CHLORIDE; PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; MALE; PHENANTHRIDINES; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 33745238952     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[564:EOICTO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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