Date | 1899 |
Author | Rogers |
Contribution | Showed that tabanid fly was vector of trypanosomiasis (surra) in horses. |
Reference | Foster |
Notes | Leonard 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. |
Category | Causation |
Pathogen Class | Protozoa |
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