Investigations on the transmissibility of Trypanosoma congolense by the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans during its development in a mammalian host

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-19

  Akoda, K ^a   Harouna, S ^a   Marcotty, T ^a   De Deken, R ^a   Van den Bossche, P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Development; Glossina; Transmission; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RODENT; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; PARASITEMIA; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44649151061     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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