Stomoxys flies (Diptera, Muscidae) are competent vectors of multiple livestock hemopathogens
Julia W. Muita, Joel Ltilitan Bargul, JohnMark O. Makwatta, E Ngatia, Simon K. Tawich, Daniel K. Masiga, Merid Negash Getahun
Across nine Kenyan counties, Stomoxys flies fed on 15 vertebrate hosts, carried Anaplasma, Theileria/Babesia and Trypanosoma DNA, and transmitted T. vivax, T. evansi and Theileria mutans to mice.
PLoS Pathogens · May 6, 2025Peer-reviewedPathology✦ In-depth digest