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, Maamun M. Jeneby, Edwin Kimathi Murungi, Enock Mararo, Joseph Wang’ang’a Oundo, Ali Abdulahi Musa, 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.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Jan 6, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology