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Genetic diversity and population structure of the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Northern Uganda: Implications for vector control.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Apr 2017
Opiro Robert, Saarman Norah P, Echodu Richard, Opiyo Elizabeth A, Dion Kirstin, Halyard Alexis, Dunn Augustine W, Aksoy Serap, Caccone Adalgisa
Abstract excerpt
Uganda is the only country where the chronic and acute forms of human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness both occur and are separated by < 100 km in areas north of Lake Kyoga. In Uganda, Glossina fuscipes fuscipes is the main vector of the Trypanosoma parasites responsible for these diseases as well for the animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT), or Nagana. We used highly polymorphic microsatellite...
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