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Genetic diversity and population structure of Glossina pallidipes in Uganda and western Kenya.
Parasites & vectors - 28 Jun 2011
Ouma Johnson O, Beadell Jon S, Hyseni Chaz, Okedi Loyce M, Krafsur Elliot S, Aksoy Serap, Caccone Adalgisa
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BACKGROUND: Glossina pallidipes has been implicated in the spread of sleeping sickness from southeastern Uganda into Kenya. Recent studies indicated resurgence of G. pallidipes in Lambwe Valley and southeastern Uganda after what were deemed to be effective control efforts. It is unknown whether the G. pallidipes belt in southeastern Uganda extends into western Kenya. We investigated the genetic diversity and...
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