Optimizing the colour and fabric of targets for the control of the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes.

• Main Authors: Jenny M Lindh (Author), Parikshit Goswami (Author), Richard S Blackburn (Author), Sarah E J Arnold (Author), Glyn A Vale (Author), Mike J Lehane (Author), Steve J Torr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Most cases of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) start with a bite from one of the subspecies of Glossina fuscipes. Tsetse use a range of olfactory and visual stimuli to locate their hosts and this response can be exploited to lure tsetse to insecticide-treated targets thereby reducing...