Detection of Trypanosoma brucei in field-captured tsetse flies and identification of host species fed on by the infected flies

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 565-573

  Konnai, Satoru ^a   Mekata, Hirohisa ^a   Odbileg, Raadan ^a   Simuunza, Martin ^b   Chembensof, Mwelwa ^b   Witola, William Harold ^a   Tembo, Mwase Enala ^b   Chitambo, Harrison ^b   Inoue, Noboru ^c   Onuma, Misao ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glossina pallidipes; Goat; Host identification; Trypanosoma brucei; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GLOSSINA; GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RUMINANTS; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; HIPPOTRAGUS; HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS; HOMO SAPIENS; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS; PHACOCHOERUS; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50849138809     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0223     Document Type: Article

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