Assessing the effect of insecticide-treated cattle on tsetse abundance and trypanosome transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface in Serengeti, Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Jennifer S Lord (Author), Rachel S Lea (Author), Fiona K Allan (Author), Mechtilda Byamungu (Author), David R Hall (Author), Jessica Lingley (Author), Furaha Mramba (Author), Edith Paxton (Author), Glyn A Vale (Author), John W Hargrove (Author), Liam J Morrison (Author), Stephen J Torr (Author), Harriet K Auty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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In the absence of national control programmes against Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis, farmer-led treatment of cattle with pyrethroid-based insecticides may be an effective strategy for foci at the edges of wildlife areas, but there is limited evidence to support this. We combined data on in...