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A landscape and climate data logistic model of tsetse distribution in Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Trypanosoma spp, biologically transmitted by the tsetse fly in Africa, are a major cause of illness resulting in both high morbidity and mortality among humans, cattle, wild ungulates, and other species.
Nathan Moore, Joseph Messina
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The Tsetse Fly [PDF]

Nature, 1896
IN the excellent review of the Tsetse fly-disease, which appeared in NATURE of April 16, Mr. Walter F. H. Blandford accepts with some reserve the observation made by Dr. David Bruce, that the fly is viviparous “as the fly has not yet been bred from the puparium.”
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Assessment of Major Reproductive Disorders in Dairy Cattle in and around Bale Robe, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine International, 2021
A cross-sectional study by employing a questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of major reproductive disorders in dairy cattle and its associated risk factors in and around Bale Robe town from November 2016 to April 2017.
Fedhiko Tolosa, Misrak Netsere, Yitbarek Habtamu   +2 more
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Potential impacts of climate change on geographical distribution of three primary vectors of African Trypanosomiasis in Tanzania's Maasai Steppe: G. m. morsitans, G. pallidipes and G. swynnertoni.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
In the Maasai Steppe, public health and economy are threatened by African Trypanosomiasis, a debilitating and fatal disease to livestock (African Animal Trypanosomiasis -AAT) and humans (Human African Trypanosomiasis-HAT), if not treated.
Happiness Jackson Nnko, Paul Simon Gwakisa, Anibariki Ngonyoka, Calvin Sindato, Anna Bond Estes   +4 more
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Diversity of tsetse flies and trypanosome species circulating in the area of Lake Iro in southeastern Chad

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background African trypanosomiases are vector-borne diseases that affect humans and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa. Although data have been collected on tsetse fauna as well as trypanosome infections in tsetse flies and mammals in foci of sleeping ...
Djoukzoumka Signaboubo, Vincent Khan Payne, Ibrahim Mahamat Alhadj Moussa, Hassane Mahamat Hassane, Petra Berger, Soerge Kelm, Gustave Simo   +6 more
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Prevalence of salivary gland hypertrophy syndrome in laboratory colonies and wild flies of Glossina pallidipes in Ethiopia

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2015
Glossina pallidipes salivary gland hyperplasia (GpSGH) syndrome caused by the salivary gland hyperplasia virus reduces the reproduction potential of tsetse flies, posing a serious threat for rearing of sufficient colonies for use of tsetse and ...
Mahder M. Yimer, Dereje G. Bula, Tsegabirhan K. Tesama, Kassaw A. Tadesse, Birhanu H. Abera   +4 more
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Trypanotolerance Sheko cattle: an option for sustainable control of bovine trypanosomiasis

Open Veterinary Science, 2021
Trypanosomiasis is an impediment to cattle production and other agricultural development in tsetse-infested areas. It is a severe parasitic disease that causes loss in the production and performance of cattle.
Robi Dereje Tulu, Hurrisa Beksisa Urge, Gelalcha Benti Deresa   +2 more
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Blood feeding tsetse flies as hosts and vectors of mammals-pre-adapted African Trypanosoma: current and expected research directions

BMC Microbiology, 2018
Research on the zoo-anthropophilic blood feeding tsetse flies’ biology conducted, by different teams, in laboratory settings and at the level of the ecosystems- where also co-perpetuate African Trypanosoma- has allowed to unveil and characterize key ...
Anne Geiger, Imna Malele, Adly M Abd-Alla, Flobert Njiokou   +3 more
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Developing photoreceptor-based models of visual attraction in riverine tsetse, for use in the engineering of more-attractive polyester fabrics for control devices. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Riverine tsetse transmit the parasites that cause the most prevalent form of human African trypanosomiasis, Gambian HAT. In response to the imperative for cheap and efficient tsetse control, insecticide-treated 'tiny targets' have been developed through ...
Roger D Santer
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Serological responses and biomarker evaluation in mice and pigs exposed to tsetse fly bites. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BACKGROUND: Tsetse flies are obligate blood-feeding insects that transmit African trypanosomes responsible for human sleeping sickness and nagana in livestock.
Guy Caljon, Reta Duguma, Reginald De Deken, Stijn Schauvliege, Frank Gasthuys, Luc Duchateau, Jan Van Den Abbeele   +6 more
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