Genetic diversity and population structure of the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Northern Uganda: Implications for vector control.

• Main Authors: Robert Opiro (Author), Norah P Saarman (Author), Richard Echodu (Author), Elizabeth A Opiyo (Author), Kirstin Dion (Author), Alexis Halyard (Author), Augustine W Dunn (Author), Serap Aksoy (Author), Adalgisa Caccone (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Uganda is the only country where the chronic and acute forms of human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness both occur and are separated by < 100 km in areas north of Lake Kyoga. In Uganda, Glossina fuscipes fuscipes is the main vector of the Trypanosoma parasites responsible for the...