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Know your foe: lessons from the analysis of tsetse fly behaviour.

Abstract
The emergence of new vector-borne diseases requires new methods of vector control. These diseases are often zoonoses associated with wilderness areas, and established methods of vector control used in domestic settings (e.g., indoor-residual spraying, insecticide-treated bednets) are therefore inappropriate. Similar difficulties are also emerging with the control of 'old' vector-borne diseases such as malaria. Understanding the host-finding behaviour of vectors assists the development and application of control methods and aids the understanding of epidemiology. Some general lessons are illustrated by reference to a century of research on the host-finding behaviour of tsetse flies which transmit trypanosomes causing human and animal trypanosomiases, including Rhodesian sleeping sickness, a zoonosis associated with wilderness areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
AuthorsS J Torr, G A Vale
JournalTrends in parasitology (Trends Parasitol) Vol. 31 Issue 3 Pg. 95-9 (Mar 2015) ISSN: 1471-5007 [Electronic] England
PMID25599585 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Topics
  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors (parasitology, physiology)
  • Trypanosoma (physiology)
  • Trypanosomiasis, African (epidemiology, transmission)
  • Tsetse Flies (parasitology, physiology)
  • Zoonoses (epidemiology)

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