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Date1895
AuthorBruce
ContributionReported the tsetse fly as vector of the trypanosome that causes nagana in horses.
ReferenceFoster
NotesThe role of tsetse fly in transmitting human trypanosomiasis was not demonstrated until the beginning of the 20th century.
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassBacteria

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