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Glossina palpalis
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Glossina palpalis

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  • tsetse fly
    tsetse fly

    …vectors of sleeping sickness are Glossina palpalis, which occurs primarily in dense streamside vegetation, and G. morsitans, which feeds in more open woodlands. G. palpalis is the chief carrier of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which causes sleeping sickness throughout western and central Africa. G. morsitans is the chief carrier…

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    …vectors of sleeping sickness are Glossina palpalis, which occurs primarily in dense streamside vegetation, and G. morsitans, which feeds in more open woodlands. G. palpalis is the chief carrier of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which causes sleeping sickness throughout western and central Africa. G. morsitans is the chief carrier…

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