| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1990 |
| Authors: | P. Caubère, Noireau, F., Frezil, J. - L. |
| Journal: | {Annales de Parasitologie humaine et compareé |
| Volume: | 65 |
| Pagination: | 149 |
| Date Published: | 1990 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Chrysops dimidiata, Chrysops silacea, Congo, grayi, Monitor Lizard, Reptiles, Tabanidae, Trypanosoma |
| Abstract: | Chrysops spp. were collected from forests in Komono District, Congo, in April 1989. Two of 698 C. silacea (0.3%) and 5 of 114 C. dimidiata (4.4%) had trypanosome epimastigotes in their mid- and/or hind guts. The epimastigotes were morphologically identical to Trypanosoma grayi (a parasite of crocodiles) or to T. grayi-like organisms that have been described from monitor lizards (Varanus spp.). The absence of metacyclic forms of the trypanosomes suggests that Chrysops spp. do not act as vectors of these parasites. |
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