Learning Affects Host Preference in Tsetse Flies
Tsetse flies are very efficient cyclic vectors of African trypanosomosis. Since tsetse are generally infected by the first blood meal, as in the case of sleeping sickness for example, any propensity to feed on the same host a second time will improve transmission within this host species, whereas tr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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CIRAD
2005-01-01
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Series: | Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux |
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Online Access: | http://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/9936 |