title: Factors affecting trypanosome infection rate in tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae) populations.
abstract: Wide variations in trypanosome infection rate are observed in different tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) populations Environmental factors and features proper to the vector, mammalian host and infecting-trypanosome species acting in the acquisition and development of infective-trypanosome infection in tsetse are examined.
authors.affiliation: International Trypanotolerance Centre, Banjul, The Gambia.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Mattioli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D013045:Species Specificity; D014348:Trypanosoma congolense / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014370:Tsetse Flies / Q000469:parasitology*