Spatio-temporal distribution of Spiroplasma infections in the tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in northern Uganda.

• Main Authors: Daniela I Schneider (Author), Norah Saarman (Author), Maria G Onyango (Author), Chaz Hyseni (Author), Robert Opiro (Author), Richard Echodu (Author), Michelle O'Neill (Author), Danielle Bloch (Author), Aurélien Vigneron (Author), T J Johnson (Author), Kirstin Dion (Author), Brian L Weiss (Author), Elizabeth Opiyo (Author), Adalgisa Caccone (Author), Serap Aksoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are vectors of parasitic trypanosomes, which cause human (HAT) and animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Gff) is the main vector of HAT, where it transmits Gambiense disease in the northwest and Rhodesiense dis...