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Prevalence and genetic variation of salivary gland hypertrophy virus in wild populations of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes from southern and eastern Africa.
Journal of invertebrate pathology - 1 Mar 2013
Kariithi H M, Ahmadi M, Parker A G, Franz G, Ros V I D, Haq I, Elashry A M, Vlak J M, Bergoin M, Vreysen M J B, Abd-Alla A M M
Abstract excerpt
The Glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus (GpSGHV) is a rod-shaped, non-occluded double-stranded DNA virus that causes salivary gland hypertrophy (SGH) and reduced fecundity in the tsetse fly G. pallidipes. High GpSGHV prevalence (up to 80%) makes it impossible to mass-rear G. pallidipes colonies for the sterile insect technique (SIT). To evaluate the feasibility of molecular-based GpSGHV...
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