Experimental Transmission of Trypanosoma numidae Wenyon to Guinea Fowl and Chickens in Tanzania |
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| Authors: | A. M. FALLIS R. L. JACOBSON J. N. RAYBOULD |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Parasitology, School of Hygiene, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A1, Canada;East African Institute of Malaria and Vector-Borne Diseases, Amani, Tanzania |
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| Abstract: | SYNOPSIS. Trypanosoma numidae Wenyon, 1909 from the peripheral blood of Numida mitrata (guinea fowl) and Gallus domesticus (domestic chicken) underwent change and multiplication in the ornithophilic simuliids, Simulium adersi and a species of the Simulium impukane group, and in the mammalophilic species, Simulium vorax and Simulium nyasalandicum. Trypanosomes appeared in the peripheral blood of guinea fowl and chickens following the experimental transfer of flagellates from these flies. |
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| Keywords: | Trypanosoma numidae Numida mitrata guinea fowl Gallus domesticus domestic chicken Simulium adersi " Simulium impukane" Simuiium vorax Simulium nyasalandicum |
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