Differential virulence and tsetse fly transmissibility of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei strains

African animal trypanosomiasis causes significant economic losses in sub-Saharan African countries because of livestock mortalities and reduced productivity. Trypanosomes, the causative agents, are transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.). In the current study, we compared and contrasted the viru...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research Vol. 84; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors:	Murilla, Grace A., Wamwiri, Florence N., Ndung’u, Kariuki, Ngae, Geoffrey N., Thande, Paul C., Auma, Joanna E., Kurgat, Richard, Kibugu, James K., Thuita, John K., Gitonga, Purity K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	South Africa AOSIS 27-06-2017 African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS AOSIS (Pty) Ltd ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute - Agricultural Research Council
Subjects:	Africa African trypanosomiasis Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science Anatomy & Morphology Anemia Animals Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Blood meals Chronic infection Disease transmission Health aspects Immunology Infections Infectivity Insect Vectors - parasitology Laboratories Livestock Mice Original Research Parasites Parasitology Pharmacology & Pharmacy Physiology Protozoa Standard error Studies Survival Tropical diseases Trypanosoma Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma brucei brucei - pathogenicity Trypanosoma congolense Trypanosoma congolense - pathogenicity Trypanosome Trypanosomiasis, African - epidemiology Trypanosomiasis, African - parasitology Trypanosomiasis, African - veterinary Tsetse Flies - parasitology Tsetse fly (Glossina palpalis) Vector-borne diseases Veterinary medicine Veterinary Sciences Virulence Virulence (Microbiology) virulence and tsetse infectivity Virus-vector relationships
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!