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Glossina <genus>

Known as: Tsetse Flies, Glossina, Fly, Tsetse 
Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.
National Institutes of Health

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17 relations

Narrower (13)

Glossina <subgenus>Glossina austeniGlossina brevipalpisGlossina fuscipes

Broader (1)

Glossinidae
Microbiologicalaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
OmpA-Mediated Biofilm Formation Is Essential for the Commensal Bacterium Sodalis glossinidius To Colonize the Tsetse Fly Gut
ABSTRACT Many bacteria successfully colonize animals by forming protective biofilms. Molecular processes that underlie the… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Tick saliva inhibits differentiation, maturation and function of murine bone‐marrow‐derived dendritic cells
Haematophagous arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes, tsetse flies, sandflies and ticks have evolved salivary immunomodulatory… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Compartmentation of phosphoglycerate kinase in Trypanosoma brucei plays a critical role in parasite energy metabolism.
African trypanosomes compartmentalize glycolysis in a microbody, the glycosome. When growing in the mammalian bloodstream… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Anatomy of the parp gene promoter of Trypanosoma brucei.
While growing in the tsetse fly, Trypanosoma brucei expresses a major surface glycoprotein, the procyclic acidic repetitive… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Satellite imagery, tsetse and trypanosomiasis in Africa
Review
1985
Review
1985
Regulation of parasitaemia in mice infected with Trypanosoma brucei.
Salivarian trypanosomes are spindle-shaped Protozoa belonging to the class Zoomastigophorea, order Kinetoplastida and genus… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Digestive processes of haematophagous insects. XI. Partial purification and some properties of six proteolytic enzymes from the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae…
By O-(diethylaminoethyl)cellulose (DEAE-cellulose) chromatography, affinity chromatography, and Sephadex gel filtration, six… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Potassium-induced release of the diuretic hormones of Rhodnius prolixus and Glossina austeni: Ca dependence, time course and localization of neurohaemal areas.
1. Exposure of neurohaemal areas to solutions of elevated K concentration (above 40 mM) causes a maximal release of diuretic… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
[Improvement of the method for the determination of the physiological age of tsetse flies. Studies made on Glossina palpalis gambiensis Vanderplank, 1949].
  • A. Challier
  • Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et…
  • 1965
  • Corpus ID: 33892602
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
Experiments in crossbreeding tsetse-flies, Glossina species.
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