Abstract
The first hemoflagellate was discovered by Valentine in 1841; two years later Gruby established the genus Trypanosoma for a flagel-late in the blood of frogs, and in 1879 Lewis in India described Try-panosoma lewisi Kent of the rat (Belding, 1965:141).
Degree
MS
College and Department
Life Sciences; Plant and Wildlife Sciences
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Belihar, Robert Patrick, "The cat flea, Ctenocephalides Felis, as a potential vector of Trypanosoma Lewisi" (1968). Theses and Dissertations. 7625.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7625
Date Submitted
1968-08-01
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/Letd112
Keywords
Fleas; Fleas as carriers of disease; Rats
Language
English