Keywords: tsetse
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Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the tsetse species Glossina brevipalpis and preliminary population genetics analysesF. Gstöttenmayer, P. Moyaba, M. Rodriguez, F. C. Mulandane, H. N. Mucache, L. Neves, C. De Beer, S. Ravel, T. De Meeûs, R. L. Mach, M. J. B. Vreysen and A. M. M. Abd-Alla, Parasite, 30:34. 2023.
Tsetse flies, the vectors of African trypanosomes are of key medical and economic importance and one of the constraints for the development of Africa. Tsetse fly control is one of the most effective and sustainable strategies used for controlling the disease. Knowledge about ... |
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Influence of environmental conditions on mass rearing parameters of tsetse flies at the Bobo-Dioulasso insectary (Burkina Faso): retrospective studyK. S. M. Dera, B. A. Kaboré, S. Pagabeleguem, A. A. Ouedraogo, A. I. Toé, M. Ira, A. M. G. Belem and G. M. S. O. Sanou, International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 17:1020-1032. 2023.
With the goal of eradicating tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis in Africa, several control methods have been developed. One of this is the biological control through the application of the sterile insect technique (SIT) as a part of an area-wide integrated pest management. This ... |
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Near-infrared imaging for automated tsetse pupae sex sorting in support of the sterile insect techniqueR. Argilés-Herrero, G. Salvador-Herranz, A. G. Parker, M. Zacarés, A. G. Fall, A. M. Gaye, A. Nawaz, P. Takáč, M. J. B. Vreysen and C. J. de Beer, Parasite, 30. 2023.
Tsetse flies are the cyclical vectors of African trypanosomes and one of several methods to manage this vector is the sterile insect technique (SIT). The ability to determine the sex of tsetse pupae with the objective to separate the sexes before adult emergence has been a major ... |
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Evaluating the Effect of Irradiation on the Densities of Two RNA Viruses in Glossina morsitans morsitansC. K. Mirieri, A. M. M. Abd-Alla, V. I. D. Ros and M. M. van Oers, Insects, 14. 2023.
Tsetse flies are cyclic vectors of Trypanosoma parasites, which cause debilitating diseases in humans and animals. To decrease the disease burden, the number of flies is reduced using the sterile insect technique (SIT), where male flies are sterilized through irradiation and ... |
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Senegal celebrates first victory against tsetse fly eradicationFAO, FAO, 2020.
A campaign against the tsetse fly, a pest that transmits a disease that devastates livestock, in the Niayes area near the capital Dakar started four years ago paving the way for complete eradication of this pest. “I have not seen a single tsetse fly for a year now,” said ... |
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TSETSE GENETICS: Contributions to Biology, Systematics, and Control of Tsetse FliesR. H. Gooding and E. S. Krafsur, Annual Review of Entomology, 50:101-123. 2005.
Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) constitute a small, ancient taxon of exclusively hematophagous insects that reproduce slowly and viviparously. Because tsetse flies are the only vectors of pathogenic African trypanosomes, they are a potent and constant threat to humans and ... |
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Glossina austeni (Diptera: Glossinidae) Eradicated on the Island of Unguja, Zanzibar, Using the Sterile Insect TechniqueM. J. B. Vreysen, K. M. Saleh, M. Y. Ali, A. M. Abdulla, Z.-R. Zhu, K. G. Juma, V. A. Dyck, A. R. Msangi, P. A. Mkonyi and H. U. Feldmann, Journal of Economic Entomology, 123-135. 2000.
An area-wide integrated tsetse eradication project was initiated in Zanzibar in 1994 by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the governments of Tanzania and Zanzibar, to eradicate Glossina austeni Newstead from Unguja Island (Zanzibar) using the sterile insect technique. ... |
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Tsetse fly eradication in Burkina Faso and evaluation of traps and targetsM. Clair, D. Cuisance, H. Politzar, P. Merot and B. Bauer, STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE FOR TSETSE CONTROL AND ERADICATION, 1990.
Control operations against tsetse flies with the sterile insect technique (SIT) were conducted by the Centre de recherches sur les trypanosomoses animales (CRTA) (Institut d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux/Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit ... |
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Tanzania. IV. Application of endosulfan as an aerosol prior to release of sterile malesD. L. Williamson, D. A. Dame, C. W. Lee, D. B. Gates and P. E. Cobb, Bulletin of Entomological Research, 73:383-389. 1983.
As part of a programme to test the sterile insect technique against Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. in Tanzania, two aerial applications of endosulfan were applied to a 195-km2 test area. The applications were made with a 28-day interval to provide an initial reduction in the ... |
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania .3.Test site characteristics and the natural distribution of tsetse flies.D. B. Gates, P. E. Cobb, D. L. Williamson, B. Bakuli, D. A. Dame and E. Blaser, Bulletin of Entomological Research, 73:373-381. 1983.
preparatory to testing the insect sterility concept against Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. The site was at Mkwaja Ranch, a north-eastern coastal cattle-ranching enterprise, in which about 195 km2 was encompassed by a 1-km-wide fly barrier constructed at an average cost of ... |
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania 1. Production of tsetse flies.D. L. Williamson, H. H. Baumgartner, A. G. Mtuya, P. V. Warner, S. A. Tarimo and D. A. Dame, Bulletin of Entomological Research, 73:259-265. 1983.
A colony of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. was established in the laboratory in Tanga, Tanzania. After being expanded to the planned level of 60 000 flies, the stabilised colony was used to support a field trial using surplus males that were sterilised and released. The ... |
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania 2. Methods of sterilization , transportation and release of sterilized males.D. L. Williamson, H. H. Baumgartner, A. G. Mtuya, D. B. Gates, P. E. Cobb and D. A. Dame, Bulletin of Entomological Research, 73:267-273. 1983.
Surplus puparia from a colony of about 50 000 females of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. provided males for sterilisation and release in an experimental assessment of the sterile insect technique in Tanzania. Excess males were stored late in the puparial stage at 10 ± 1°C ... |
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania .5. The impact of sequential releases of sterilized tsetse flies.D. L. Williamson, D. A. Dame, D. B. Gates, P. E. Cobb, B. Bakuli and P. V. Warner, Bulletin of Entomological Research, 73:391-404. 1983.
A field trial of the sterile insect technique was conducted in Tanzania using males of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. that were reared, irradiated and packaged at Tanga. The experimental site was a 195-km2 area 110 km to the south. Following two applications of endosulfan as ... |
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Control of tsetse flies, Glossina spp.D. A. Dame and A. M. Jordan, Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, 25:101-119. 1981.Studies of SIT in Zimbabwe with releases of chemosterilized G. m. morsitans (Dame and Schmidt, 1970) demonstrated the feasibility of the methodology used both in the laboratory and in the field. Subsequent trials were recently completed in Tanzania, where laboratory bred sterile ... |
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Lâchers de mâles stériles de Glossina tachinoides West. dans un gîte naturel de faible densité Bas-Logone, CamerounD. Cuisance and J. Itard, Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux, 26:405-422. 1973.
Des mâles adultes de G. tachinoides, élevés à Maisons-Alfort et irradiés entre 7 600 et 10 650 rads à Saclay (France), ont été expédiés chaque semaine par avion à N'Djamena (Tchad) entre février et juin 1973, pour être, après marquage, lâchés en plusieurs points ... |
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The Sterile-Male Technique Against Tsetse Flies, Glossina SppD. A. Dame and C. H. Schmidt, 16, 24-30. 1970.
Simpson (1958) discussed the relationship between the biological characteristics of the genus Glossina and the use of the sterile-male technique in the control of this vector of trypanosomiasis, as did Knipling in an informal report in 1963 on Practical Role of the Sterility ... |
