Quality of Sterile Male Tsetse after Long Distance Transport as Chilled, Irradiated Pupae.

BACKGROUND:Tsetse flies transmit trypanosomes that cause human and African animal trypanosomosis, a debilitating disease of humans (sleeping sickness) and livestock (nagana). An area-wide integrated pest management campaign against Glossina palpalis gambiensis has been implemented in Senegal since 2...

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Main Authors: Momar Talla Seck, Soumaïla Pagabeleguem, Mireille D Bassene, Assane Gueye Fall, Thérèse A R Diouf, Baba Sall, Marc J B Vreysen, Jean-Baptiste Rayaissé, Peter Takac, Issa Sidibé, Andrew G Parker, Gratian N Mutika, Jérémy Bouyer, Geoffrey Gimonneau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4642948?pdf=render