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Explaining the host-finding behavior of blood-sucking insects : computerized simulation of the effects of habitat geometry on tsetse fly movement [PDF]

, 2014
Background Male and female tsetse flies feed exclusively on vertebrate blood. While doing so they can transmit the diseases of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in domestic stock.
Vale Glyn A., Solano Philippe, John W Hargrove, Esterhuizen Johan, Rayaisse, J. B., Vale, G. A., Fabrice Courtin, Courtin Fabrice, Johan Esterhuizen, Tirados, I., Torr, S. J., Inaki Tirados, Tirados, Inaki; id_orcid, Hargrove, John W., Tirados, Inaki, Philippe Solano, Glyn A. Vale, John W. Hargrove, Michael J. Lehane, Michael J Lehane, Esterhuizen, Johan, Torr, Stephen J., Tirados Inaki, Courtin, Fabrice, Torr, Stephen, Vale, Glyn A., Rayaisse Jean-Baptiste, Glyn A Vale, Hargrove John W., Esterhuizen, J., Rayaisse, Jean-Baptiste, Stephen J. Torr, Lehane, M. J., Torr Stephen J., Rayaisse, Jean Baptiste, Stephen J Torr, Lehane, Michael J., Lehane Michael J., Solano, Philippe, Hargrove, J. W., Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse   +40 more
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Using molecular data for epidemiological inference: assessing the prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in Tsetse in Serengeti, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Measuring the prevalence of transmissible Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in tsetse populations is essential for understanding transmission dynamics, assessing human disease risk and monitoring spatio-temporal trends and the impact of control ...
Auty, Harriet K., Malele Imna, Sue Welburn, Imna Malele, Picozzi, K., Torr, Steve J., Welburn, S., Malele, I., Auty Harriet K., Cleaveland, S., Auty, Harriet K, Picozzi, Kim, Harriet K Auty, Welburn, Sue, Welburn, Susan, Torr Steve J., Malele, Imna, Steve J Torr, Welburn Sue, Cleaveland, Sarah, Sarah Cleaveland, Auty, H.K., Torr, Steve J, Kim Picozzi, Picozzi Kim, Torr, S.J., Cleaveland Sarah   +26 more
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Screening of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in domestic livestock and tsetse flies from an insular endemic focus (Luba, Equatorial Guinea). [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Sleeping sickness is spread over 36 Sub-Saharan African countries. In West and Central Africa, the disease is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which produces a chronic clinical manifestation.
Abaga, Simón, Pedro Ndongo-Asumu, Ochando, Jordi, Ndong-Mabale Nicolás, Carmen García-Estébanez, Nicolás Ndong-Mabale, Ndong-Mabale, Nicolás, Agustín Benito, Carlos Cordon-Obras, Ndongo-Asumu, Pedro, Benito Agustín, García-Estébanez, Carmen, Cano, Jorge, Cordon-Obras, Carlos, Cano Jorge, Benito, Agustín, Cordon-Obras Carlos, Simón Abaga, Abaga Simón, Ndongo-Asumu Pedro, Jorge Cano, García-Estébanez Carmen   +21 more
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Molecular identification of T. brucei s.l. in tsetse flies after long-term permanence in field traps

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009
Background: Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are responsible for the transmission of trypanosomes, agents of animal and Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT).
Joana Gomes, Celia Leão, Filipa Ferreira, Maria Odete Afonso, Catarina Santos, Théophile Josenando, Jorge Seixas, Jorge Atouguia, Sonia Centeno-Lima   +8 more
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Community acceptance of Tsetse control baits : a qualitative study in Arua District, North West Uganda [PDF]

, 2013
Background There is renewed vigour in efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases including sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis or HAT), including attempts to develop more cost-effective methods of tsetse control.
Inaki Tirados (211300), Michael J. Lehane (197355), Esterhuizen Johan, Smith, Helen, Johan Esterhuizen, Kovacic Vanja, Mangwiro Clement T. N., Clement T N Mangwiro, Inaki Tirados, Tirados, Inaki; id_orcid, Tirados, Inaki, Helen Smith, Smith Helen, Vanja Kovacic, Michael J Lehane, Esterhuizen, Johan, Torr, Stephen J., Mangwiro, Clement T. N., Tirados Inaki, Mangwiro, Clement T N, Helen Smith (19020), Torr, Stephen, Vanja Kovacic (496340), Johan Esterhuizen (211290), Kovacic, Vanja, Lehane, M. J., Stephen J. Torr (106822), Torr Stephen J., Stephen J Torr, Lehane, Michael J., Lehane Michael J., Clement T. N. Mangwiro (496341), Mangwiro, Clement T.N.   +32 more
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Prevalence of trypanosomes associated with drug resistance in Shimba Hills, Kwale County, Kenya

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) is a life-threatening vector-borne disease, caused by trypanosome parasites, which are principally transmitted by tsetse flies.
Benard W. Kulohoma, Sarah A. O. Wamwenje, Ibrahim I. Wangwe, Nicodemus Masila, Caroline K. Mirieri, Lillian Wambua   +5 more
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Satellite-based modelling of potential tsetse (Glossina pallidipes) breeding and foraging sites using teneral and non-teneral fly occurrence data

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background African trypanosomiasis, which is mainly transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.), is a threat to public health and a significant hindrance to animal production.
Stella Gachoki, Thomas Groen, Anton Vrieling, Michael Okal, Andrew Skidmore, Daniel Masiga   +5 more
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Crocodiles and Tsetse-flies [PDF]

Nature, 1909
MY attention has been directed to a paper read before the Royal Society of Arts by Mr. James Cantlie on January 27 called “The Part played by Vermin in the Spread of Disease,” published in the society's journal (January 29, pp. 202–4). Mr. Cantlie is there reported to have said:—“In sleeping sickness the disease is transmitted by the tsetse-fly, and ...
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The Development of Trypanosomes in Tsetse Flies [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1910
Abstract In the 'Proceedings,' of the Royal Society (B, vol. 81, 1909) a paper was published describing a single experiment illustrating the development of Trypanosoma gambiense in Glossina palpalis This experiment was carried out at Mpumu, Uganda, near Lake Victoria, in the spring of 1909.
David Bruce, A. E. Hamerton, H. R. Bateman, F. P. Mackie   +3 more
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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense transmitted by a single tsetse fly bite in vervet monkeys as a model of human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2008
Sleeping sickness is caused by a species of trypanosome blood parasite that is transmitted by tsetse flies. To understand better how infection with this parasite leads to disease, we provide here the most detailed description yet of the course of ...
Thuita, J.K., John K. Thuita, Mwangangi, D., C. M. R. Turner, Matovu, E., Masiga, D., Enock Matovu, Kagira John M., John K Thuita, Kagira, J.M., John M. Kagira, David Mwangangi, Turner, C.M.R., Thuita John K., Masiga Daniel, Mwangangi David, Matovu Enock, C M R Turner, Daniel Masiga, Turner C. M. R., John M Kagira   +20 more
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