Comparison of the transmissibility of Trypanosoma congolense strains, isolated in a trypanosomiasis endemic area of eastern Zambia, by Glossina morsitans morsitans

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-334

  Masumu, J ^a   Marcotty, T ^a   Ndeledje, N ^a   Kubi, C ^a   Geerts, S ^a   Vercruysse, J ^b   Dorny, P ^a,b   Van Den Bossche, P ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glossina morsitans morsitans; Transmission; Trypanosoma congolense; Virulence; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TSETSE FLY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES; VIRULENCE; ZAMBIA;

BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 33747048668     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000369     Document Type: Article

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