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| Geigy, R.; Kauffmann, M. | |
| Sleeping Sickness Survey in the Serengeti Area (Tanzania) 1971 | |
| 1973 Acta Tropica (1): 12-23 | |
During November 1971, 95 mammals were examined by various methods for the presence of trypanosomes. All animals investigated inside the park, namely 31 spotted hyaenas, 43 lions, 1 waterbuck and 9 hartebeest, were immobilized with tranquilizers. A further 11 hartebeest were shot just outside the park. Forty strains of _T. brucei _subgroup were isolated in rats and preserved in liquid nitrogen. All strains wer subsequently tested with the BIIT, where 4 strains gave a_ T. rhodesiense_-like reaction. |
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