Details

Date1899
AuthorRogers
ContributionShowed that tabanid fly was vector of trypanosomiasis (surra) in horses.
ReferenceFoster
NotesLeonard Rogers. This was 4 years after Bruce had reported tsetse fly as vector of nagana in cattle, with development in fly -- but, in surra, transmission is merely mechanical and fly is infective for only 24 hours.
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassProtozoa

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