Glossina dynamics in and around the sleeping sickness endemic Serengeti ecosystem of northwestern Tanzania

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-268

  Malele, I I ^a   Kinung'hi, S M ^b   Nyingilili, H S ^a   Matemba, L E ^b   Sahani, J K ^b   Mlengeya, T D K ^c   Wambura, M ^b   Kibona, S N ^b  

^a Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Glossina; Infection rate; Serengeti ecosystem; Trypanosome; Tsetse density

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TANZANIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; TANZANIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 40949137059     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[263:GDIAAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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