An alternative approach to detect Trypanosoma in Glossina (Diptera: Glossinidae) without dissection

• Autore principale: Filipa Ferreira,1 Jorge Cano,2 Andreia Furtado,3 Nicolas Ndong-Mabale,4 Pedro (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Background: Determining if a tsetse fly is infected by trypanosomes and thus potentially able to transmit trypanosome-related human and animal diseases is an extremely laborious and time-consuming task to perform, especially under field conditions. In this study we tested a possible alternative appr...