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Using this technique to amplify specific satellite DNA targets, it was possible to identify developmental-stage trypanosomes in the midguts and the proboscides of tsetse without expansion of parasite populations. The predominant tsetse species in the area was<jats:italic>Glossina palpalis<\/jats:italic>, while<jats:italic>G. pallicera<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>G. nigrofusca<\/jats:italic>were also present. Microscopical examination of 811 non-teneral flies revealed an infection rate of 14% in midguts and\/or proboscides. Three subgroups of<jats:italic>Trypanosoma congolense<\/jats:italic>(Savannah, Forest &amp; Kilifi),<jats:italic>T. simiae<\/jats:italic>,<jats:italic>T.godfreyi<\/jats:italic>, West African<jats:italic>T. vivax<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>T. brucei<\/jats:italic>ssp. were identified using PCR.<jats:italic>T. congolense<\/jats:italic>Forest was the most abundant of the<jats:italic>Nannomonas<\/jats:italic>trypanosomes. 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