The importance of mechanical transmission in the epidemiology of nagana: A review

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1972
Authors:E. A. Wells
Journal:Tropical Animal Health and Production
Volume:4
Pagination:74-88
Date Published:1972
Keywords:Disease, Epidemiology, evansi, Hippobosca, Review, South America, Stegomyia fasciata, Stomoxys, Tabanidae, Tabanus fuscomarinatus, Tabanus secedens, Tabanus thoracinus, Trypanosoma, vivax
Abstract:

The mechanical transmission of nagana trypanosome is reviewed in relation to the presence of Trypanosoma vivax in countries outside Africa where tsetse are unknown. It is concluded that cyclical transmission in a vector other than tsetse must remain a possibility in these locations.

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