Improving the cost-effectiveness of visual devices for the control of riverine tsetse flies, the major vectors of Human African Trypanosomiasis
Date
2011-08-02
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Public Library of Science
Abstract
Control of the Riverine (Palpalis) group of tsetse flies is normally achieved with stationary artificial devices such as traps or insecticide-treated targets. The efficiency of biconical traps (the standard control device), 1×1 m black targets and small 25×25 cm targets with flanking nets was compared using electrocuting sampling methods. The work was done on Glossina tachinoides and G. palpalis gambiensis (Burkina Faso), G. fuscipes quanzensis (Democratic Republic of Congo), G. f. martinii (Tanzania) and G. f. fuscipes (Kenya). The killing effectiveness (measured as the catch per m2 of cloth) for small targets plus flanking nets is 5.5-15X greater than for 1 m2 targets and 8.6-37.5X greater than for biconical traps. This has important implications for the costs of control of the Riverine group of tsetse vectors of sleeping sickness. © 2011 Esterhuizen et al.
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CITATION: Esterhuizen, J. et al. 2011. Improving the cost-effectiveness of visual devices for the control of riverine tsetse flies, the major vectors of Human African Trypanosomiasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(8): e1257, doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001257.
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The original publication is available at http://journals.plos.org/plosntds
Keywords
Tsetse-flies, Sleeping sickness
Citation
Esterhuizen, J. et al. 2011. Improving the cost-effectiveness of visual devices for the control of riverine tsetse flies, the major vectors of Human African Trypanosomiasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(8): e1257, doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001257.