Optimal strategies for controlling riverine tsetse flies using targets: a modelling study.

• Main Authors: Glyn A Vale (Author), John W Hargrove (Author), Michael J Lehane (Author), Philippe Solano (Author), Stephen J Torr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Tsetse flies occur in much of sub-Saharan Africa where they transmit the trypanosomes that cause the diseases of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock. One of the most economical and effective methods of tsetse control is the use of insecticide-treated screens, called target...