Tsetse salivary gland hypertrophy virus: hope or hindrance for tsetse control?

• 主要な著者: Adly M M Abd-Alla (著者), Andrew G Parker (著者), Marc J B Vreysen (著者), Max Bergoin (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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MANY SPECIES OF TSETSE FLIES (DIPTERA: Glossinidae) are infected with a virus that causes salivary gland hypertrophy (SGH), and flies with SGH symptoms have a reduced fecundity and fertility. The prevalence of SGH in wild tsetse populations is usually very low (0.2%-5%), but higher prevalence rates...