Biting flies and Trypanosoma vivax infection in three highland districts bordering lake Tana, Ethiopia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 35-46

  Sinshaw, A ^a   Abebe, G ^b   Desquesnes, M ^c,d   Yoni, W ^c  

^a Amhara National Regional State   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c CIRDES ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Biting flies; Equidae; Ethiopia; Lake Tana; Ruminants; Trypanosoma vivax

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; ETHIOPIA; GOATS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ATYLOTUS; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHRYSOPS; EQUIDAE; GLOSSINA (GENUS); HAEMATOPOTA; HIPPOBOSCA; OVIS ARIES; STOMOXYS; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS; STOMOXYS URUMA; TABANIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 33750088473     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.06.032     Document Type: Article

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