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Identification through DNA barcoding of Tabanidae (Diptera) vectors of surra disease in India.
Acta tropica - 1 Oct 2015
Banerjee Dhriti, Kumar Vikas, Maity Aniruddha, Ghosh Biswatosh, Tyagi Kaomud, Singha Devkant, Kundu Shantanu, Laskar Boni Amin, Naskar Atanu, Rath Shibananda
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Horse flies and deer flies are common names applied to members of the family Tabanidae (Diptera). Tabanid flies are pestiferous and of veterinary and medical importance, with about 244 species in India. They are major vectors of Trypanosoma evansi that causes trypanosomiasis (surra disease). Lack of stable morphological characters, and scarcity of taxonomic expertise, is major impediments for accurate species...
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