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1993
Tsetse flies belong to the genus Glossina, which are a unique group of insects in terms of appearance, life cycle, distribution and medical importance. There are some 23 species of tsetse, found only on the continent of Africa, south of the Sahara desert.
N. R. H. Burgess, G. O. Cowan
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Interactions between trypanosomes and tsetse flies

Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2008
African trypanosomes are insect-borne parasites that cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in domesticated animals. Successful transmission is the outcome of crosstalk between the trypanosome and its insect vector, the tsetse fly. This enables the parasite to undergo successive rounds of differentiation, proliferation and migration, culminating ...
Isabel, Roditi, Michael J, Lehane
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Prevalence of trypanosome infection in tsetse flies from Oji River and Emene axis of Enugu State, Nigeria: A preliminary report

Tropical Parasitology, 2017
Introduction: Trypanosomes are protozoan parasites of vertebrates transmitted by blood-sucking tsetse fly. Trypanosomes remain a constant threat to the lives of humans and animals throughout large regions of Africa.
K. Onyekwelu +5 more
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tsetse fly
glossina

trypanosoma
tropical medicine
arctic medicine

trypanosomes
trypanosomiasis
wolbachia