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Descriptor English: Tsetse Flies
Descriptor Spanish: Moscas Tse-Tse
Descriptor moscas tse-tse
Entry term(s) Glossina
mosca tse tse
mosca tse-tse
mosca tsetse
moscas tse tse
moscas tsetse
Scope note: Moscas hematófagas del género Glossina. Se encuentran fundamentalmente en África ecuatorial. Varias especies son huéspedes intermedios de los tripanosomas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Moscas Tsé-Tsé
Descriptor French: Mouches tsé-tsé
Entry term(s): Flies, Tsetse
Fly, Tsetse
Glossina
Glossinas
Tsetse Fly
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.400.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014370
Scope note: Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.
Annotation: vectors of various species of Trypanosoma; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted; do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 23493
Unique ID: D014370
NLM Classification: QX 505
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Tsetse Flies - Preferred
Concept UI M0022095
Scope note Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.
Preferred term Tsetse Flies
Entry term(s) Flies, Tsetse
Fly, Tsetse
Glossina
Glossinas
Tsetse Fly



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