Quality of Sterile Male Tsetse after Long Distance Transport as Chilled, Irradiated Pupae.

• Main Authors: Momar Talla Seck (Author), Soumaïla Pagabeleguem (Author), Mireille D Bassene (Author), Assane Gueye Fall (Author), Thérèse A R Diouf (Author), Baba Sall (Author), Marc J B Vreysen (Author), Jean-Baptiste Rayaissé (Author), Peter Takac (Author), Issa Sidibé (Author), Andrew G Parker (Author), Gratian N Mutika (Author), Jérémy Bouyer (Author), Geoffrey Gimonneau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Tsetse flies transmit trypanosomes that cause human and African animal trypanosomosis, a debilitating disease of humans (sleeping sickness) and livestock (nagana). An area-wide integrated pest management campaign against Glossina palpalis gambiensis has been implemented in Senegal since 2...