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2020 • A new automated chilled adult release system for the aerial distribution of sterile male tsetse flies

Authors: Caroline K. Mirieri, Gratian N. Mutika, Jimmy Bruno, Momar Talla Seck, Baba Sall, Andrew G. Parker, Monique M. van Oers, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Bouyer Bouyer, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla

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Abstract: Background: Tsetse flies transmit trypanosomes that cause the debilitating diseases human African trypanosomosis (HAT) or sleeping sickness in humans and animal African trypanosomosis (AAT) or nagana in livestock. The riverine tsetse species Glossina palpalis gambiensis Vanderplank (Diptera: Glossinidae) inhabits riparian forests along river systems in West Africa. The Government of Senegal has embarked on a project to eliminate a population of this tsetse species from the Niayes area with the objective to manage AAT in the area. The project is... (read more)

Topics: Ecology Toxicology

DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.14.040915

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