THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS IN NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA, TANZANIA

The role of domestic animals in the epidemiology of human african trypanosomiasis in Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania

Abstract Background Trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the trypanosome parasite and transmitted by the tsetse fly vector.In Sub-saharan Africa, both the human and animal variants of the disease are a great obstacle towards agriculture, development, and health.In order to better understand and therefore combat Trypanosomiasis,

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Morphometrics, life history and population biology of the Ponto-Caucasian slave-making ant Myrmoxenus tamarae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Abstract.The ant genus Myrmoxenus consists of about ten socially parasitic species Microwave High Voltage Diode Set including active slave-makers and workerless "degenerate slave-makers".Myrmoxenus tamarae was previously known only from type material, two workers collected at Daba, Georgia and nothing was known about its life history, colony struct

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