Development of real time PCR to study experimental mixed infections of T. congolense Savannah and T. b. brucei in Glossina morsitans morsitans.

Tsetse flies are able to acquire mixed infections naturally or experimentally either simultaneously or sequentially. Traditionally, natural infection rates in tsetse flies are estimated by microscopic examination of different parts of the fly after dissection, together with the isolation of the para...

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Main Authors: Heba A Ahmed, Ewan T MacLeod, Susan C Welburn, Kim Picozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4349444?pdf=render