Trypanosome infections of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia. 1994

M E Woolhouse, and K Bealby, and J J McNamara, and J Silutongwe
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, U.K.

Trypanosome infections of Glossina pallidipes were investigated at a site in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia between June 1991 and September 1992. Almost 3700 flies were captured, dissected, screened for trypanosome infection, and aged using both wing fray and (for females) ovarian categories. DNA probes were used to identify midgut infections. Prevalences of mature infections were 6.2% Trypanosoma vivax-type and 3.1% T. congolense-type (including low prevalances of T. brucei, T. simiae and another Nannomonas species). The prevalence of infection increased with age. For both types of infection this relationship could be described by a simple 'catalytic' model which generates estimates of per capita rates of infection. Prevalences varied significantly with time independently of any changes in the age structure of the tsetse population. This may reflect temporal variation in the per capita rates of infection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D005260 Female Females
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012737 Sex Factors Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances. Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor
D014345 Trypanosoma A genus of flagellate protozoans found in the BLOOD and LYMPH of vertebrates and invertebrates, both hosts being required to complete the life cycle. Nannomonas,Trypanosomes,Nannomona,Trypanosome
D014346 Trypanosoma brucei brucei A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes nagana in domestic and game animals in Africa. It apparently does not infect humans. It is transmitted by bites of tsetse flies (Glossina). Trypanosoma brucei,Trypanosoma brucei bruceus,Trypanosoma bruceus,brucei brucei, Trypanosoma,brucei, Trypanosoma brucei,bruceus, Trypanosoma,bruceus, Trypanosoma brucei
D014348 Trypanosoma congolense A species of Trypanosome hemoflagellates that is carried by tsetse flies and causes severe anemia in cattle. These parasites are also found in horses, sheep, goats, and camels. Trypanosoma (Nannomonas) congolense,Trypanosoma congolenses,congolense, Trypanosoma
D014370 Tsetse Flies Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes. Glossina,Flies, Tsetse,Fly, Tsetse,Glossinas,Tsetse Fly
D014887 Weather The state of the ATMOSPHERE over minutes to months. Fog,Fogs

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