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Quantifying Heterogeneity in Host-Vector Contact: Tsetse (Glossina swynnertoni and G. pallidipes) Host Choice in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Identifying hosts of blood-feeding insect vectors is crucial in understanding their role in disease transmission. Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis (rHAT), also known as acute sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and transmitted by tsetse flies. The disease...

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Autores principales: Auty, Harriet, Cleaveland, Sarah, Malele, Imna, Masoy, Joseph, Lembo, Tiziana, Bessell, Paul, Torr, Stephen, Picozzi, Kim, Welburn, Susan C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27706167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161291