A Molecular Method to Discriminate between Mass-Reared Sterile and Wild Tsetse Flies during Eradication Programmes That Have a Sterile Insect Technique Component.

• Main Authors: Soumaïla Pagabeleguem (Author), Geoffrey Gimonneau (Author), Momar Talla Seck (Author), Marc J B Vreysen (Author), Baba Sall (Author), Jean-Baptiste Rayaissé (Author), Issa Sidibé (Author), Jérémy Bouyer (Author), Sophie Ravel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The Government of Senegal has embarked several years ago on a project that aims to eradicate Glossina palpalis gambiensis from the Niayes area. The removal of the animal trypanosomosis would allow the development more efficient livestock production systems. The project was implemented usi...