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Infectivity of Trypanosomes derived from Individual Glossina morsitans Westw

Nature volume 212, pages 1477–1478 (1966)Cite this article

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PREVIOUS studies on the numbers of metacyclic trypanosomes discharged by infected tsetse flies during feeding have been used in visual counting techniques1. In this communication the method described by Lumsden et al.2 for measuring the infectivity of trypanosome suspensions has been applied to the problem, using material derived from two individual Glossina morsitans infected in the laboratory with organisms of the Trypanosoma brucei subgroup.

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  1. East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization, Tororo, Uganda

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SOUTHON, H., CUNNINGHAM, M. Infectivity of Trypanosomes derived from Individual Glossina morsitans Westw. Nature 212, 1477–1478 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121477a0

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