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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Improving the cost-effectiveness of artificial visual baits for controlling the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Volume 3, No. 7, Article e474, Year 2009
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Description
Tsetse flies, which transmit sleeping sickness to humans and nagana to cattle, are commonly controlled by stationary artificial baits consisting of traps or insecticide-treated screens known as targets. In Kenya the use of electrocuting sampling devices showed that the numbers of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Newstead) visiting a biconical trap were nearly double those visiting a black target of 100 cm6100 cm. However, only 40% of the males and 21% of the females entered the trap, whereas 71% and 34%, respectively, alighted on the target. The greater number visiting the trap appeared to be due to its being largely blue, rather than being three-dimensional or raised above the ground. Through a series of variations of target design we show that a blue-and-black panel of cloth (0.06 m2) flanked by a panel (0.06 m2) of fine black netting, placed at ground level, would be about ten times more cost-effective than traps or large targets in control campaigns. This finding has important implications for controlling all subspecies of G. fuscipes, which are currently responsible for more than 90% of sleeping sickness cases. © 2009 Lindh et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Lindh, Jenny M.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Torr, Stephen J.
United Kingdom, Chatham
Natural Resources Institute
Vale, Glynowr A.
United Kingdom, Chatham
Natural Resources Institute
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Lehane, Michael J.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 85
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0000474
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Female