Prevalence of symbionts and trypanosome infections in tsetse flies of two villages of the “Faro and Déo” division of the Adamawa region of Cameroon

Prevalence of symbionts and trypanosome infections in tsetse flies of two villages of the “Faro and Déo” division of the Adamawa region of Cameroon

Abstract Background Tsetse flies are vectors of human and animal African trypanosomiasis. In spite of many decades of chemotherapy and vector control, the disease has not been eradicated. Other methods like the transformation of tsetse fly symbionts to render the fly refractory to trypanosome infect...

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Main Authors: Ginette Irma Kame-Ngasse, Flobert Njiokou, Tito Trésor Melachio-Tanekou, Oumarou Farikou, Gustave Simo, Anne Geiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Animal African trypanosomiasis
Trypanosoma spp.
Symbionts
Tsetse flies
Tripartite interactions
“Faro and Déo” division
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1286-5

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