Prospects for developing odour baits to control Glossina fuscipes spp., the major vector of human African trypanosomiasis.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Maurice O Omolo, Ahmed Hassanali, Serge Mpiana, Johan Esterhuizen, Jenny Lindh, Mike J Lehane, Philippe Solano, Jean Baptiste Rayaisse, Glyn A Vale, Steve J Torr, Inaki Tirados
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; The Landing
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000435; https://doaj.org/article/a7681d23ef8e491ba11672844ad682d1

We are attempting to develop cost-effective control methods for the important vector of sleeping sickness, Glossina fuscipes spp. Responses of the tsetse flies Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (in Kenya) and G. f. quanzensis (in Democratic Republic of Congo) to natural host odours are reported. Arrangemen...