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Diversity of tsetse flies and trypanosome species circulating in the area of Lake Iro in southeastern Chad.
Parasites & vectors - 2 Jun 2021
Signaboubo Djoukzoumka, Payne Vincent Khan, Moussa Ibrahim Mahamat Alhadj, Hassane Hassane Mahamat, Berger Petra, Kelm Soerge, Simo Gustave
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: African trypanosomiases are vector-borne diseases that affect humans and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa. Although data have been collected on tsetse fauna as well as trypanosome infections in tsetse flies and mammals in foci of sleeping sickness in Chad, the situation of tsetse fly-transmitted trypanosomes remains unknown in several tsetse-infested areas of Chad. This study was designed to fill this...
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