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Acta Trop 1999 Mar 15;72(2):137-48.

Isolation of Trypanosoma brucei from the monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus) in an endemic focus of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Kenya.

Njagu Z, Mihok S, Kokwaro E, Verloo D

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya. znjagu@icipe.org

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 1638

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes No No No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 46 vector exposure no repeated
experimental 27 vector - - -
Exposures Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Trypanosoma congolense
Outcomes Trypanosomiasis, African
Species Varanus
Locations
Kenya Nyanza Rusinga Island (island)
Western Busia District (administrative division)

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