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Molecular screening for Anaplasmataceae in ticks and tsetse flies from Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2016
Hard ticks and tsetse flies are regarded as the most important vectors of disease agents in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the aim of screening these blood-sucking arthropods for vector-borne pathogens belonging to the family Anaplasmataceae in South-Western ...
Sándor Hornok, Getachew Abichu, Farkas, Róbert, De La Fuente, José, Nóra Takács, Róbert Farkas, José De La Fuente, Miklós Gyuranecz, Hornok, Sándor, Fernández De Mera, Isabel G., Takács, Nóra, Abichu, Getachew, Isabel G. Fernández De Mera, Gyuranecz, Miklós   +13 more
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Spatial distribution and trypanosome infection of tsetse flies in the sleeping sickness focus of Zimbabwe in Hurungwe District

Parasites & Vectors, 2016
Background In Zimbabwe, cases of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are caused by the unicellular protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, sub-species T. b. rhodesiense.
William Shereni, Neil E. Anderson, Learnmore Nyakupinda, Giuliano Cecchi   +3 more
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Have tsetse flies disappeared from Brazzaville town? [PDF]

, 2009
Background: From 1980 to 1985, the zoological park of Brazzaville was the only tsetse resting site located in downtown which supplied others temporary sites.
Lisette Kohagne Tongue, Patrick Bitsindou, Philemon Mansinsa Diabaka, Francis Jacques Louis   +3 more
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Tsetse flies are attracted to the invasive plant Lantana camara [PDF]

, 2004
In tsetse both sexes feed exclusively on the blood of vertebrates for a few minutes every 2–3 days. Tsetse flies seek cover from high temperatures to conserve energy and plants provide shelter for tsetse in all the biotopes they occupy.
Syed, Zainulabeudin, Guerin, Patrick
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Detection of Brucella antibodies in domestic animals of southern Cameroon: Implications for the control of brucellosis

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2020
Brucellosis is one of the world's most widespread bacterial zoonoses caused by Brucella. It leads to considerable economic losses as a result of low productivity of infected animals and the long debilitating illness in humans. Despite its impact on human
Rolin M. N. Kamga, Barberine A. Silatsa, Oumarou Farikou, Jules‐Roger Kuiate, Gustave Simo   +4 more
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Factors affecting transmission of trypanosomes through tsetse flies [PDF]

, 2005
The maintenance of human sleeping sickness and nagana across sub-Saharan Africa depends on cyclical transmission of trypanosomes through tsetse flies.
Macleod, Ewan T.
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A Review of Ecological Factors Associated with the Epidemiology of Wildlife Trypanosomiasis in the Luangwa and Zambezi Valley Ecosystems of Zambia

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2012
Trypanosomiasis has been endemic in wildlife in Zambia for more than a century. The disease has been associated with neurological disorders in humans.
Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu, Victor Siamudaala, Musso Munyeme, King Shimumbo Nalubamba   +3 more
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Understanding tsetse flies [PDF]

, 1994
The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The discovery that tsetse flies are the vectors of ...
Langley, P.A.
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Bacterial Symbionts of Tsetse Flies: Relationships and Functional Interactions Between Tsetse Flies and Their Symbionts

, 2020
Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) act as the sole vectors of the African trypanosome species that cause Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT or African Sleeping Sickness) and Nagana in animals. These flies have undergone a variety of specializations during their evolution including an exclusive diet consisting solely of vertebrate blood for both sexes as well
Attardo GM, Scolari F, Malacrida A
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Trypanosomiasis vector control in Africa and Latin America. [PDF]

, 2008
Vectors of trypanosomiasis - tsetse (Glossinidae) in Africa, kissing-bugs (Triatominae) in Latin America - are very different insects but share demographic characteristics that render them highly vulnerable to available control methods.
Schofield, Chris J, Kabayo, John P, Schofield Chris J, Kabayo John P   +3 more
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