Prevalence and source of trypanosome infections in field-captured vector flies (Glossina pallidipes) in southeastern Zambia

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 923-928

  Mekata, Hirohisa ^a   Konnai, Satoru ^a   Simuunza, Martin ^b   Chembensofu, Mwelwa ^b   Kano, Rika ^a   Witola, William H ^a   Tembo, Mwase E ^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

Goat; Natural host; Trypanosome; Tsetse fly; Zambia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES; ZAMBIA;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; MAMMALIA; PHACOCHOERUS; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 54349114959     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.70.923     Document Type: Article

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