Molecular BiologyPLoS neglected tropical diseasesPeer-reviewed
Tsetse blood-meal sources, endosymbionts, and trypanosome infections provide insight into African trypanosomiasis transmission in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a wildlife-human-livestock interface
Edward Edmond Makhulu, Jandouwe Villinger, Vincent Owino Adung’a…·Lillian Wambua
The paper identifies tsetse fly blood-meal sources, endosymbiont infections, and trypanosome infections in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, finding that hippopotamus and buffalo are significant hosts and that Sodalis glossinidius endosymbionts correlate with higher trypanosome infection rates.
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