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On a horse disease in India known as “surra”, probably due to a haematozoon.

EVANS, Griffith (1835 – 1935) Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Publication Details

Vet. J., 13, 1-10, 82-88, 180-200, 326-33. 1881 CE.

While serving in India as a veterinary surgeon, Evans discovered parasites in the blood of horses suffering from surra; this was the first pathogenic trypanosome to be described.

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Asia & Pacific
Plagues & Epidemics

Thematic Classifications

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › India INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Triatomine Bug-Borne Diseases › Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) VETERINARY MEDICINE

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