Explaining the host-finding behavior of blood-sucking insects: computerized simulation of the effects of habitat geometry on tsetse fly movement.

• Main Authors: Glyn A Vale (Author), John W Hargrove (Author), Philippe Solano (Author), Fabrice Courtin (Author), Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse (Author), Michael J Lehane (Author), Johan Esterhuizen (Author), Inaki Tirados (Author), Stephen J Torr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Male and female tsetse flies feed exclusively on vertebrate blood. While doing so they can transmit the diseases of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in domestic stock. Knowledge of the host-orientated behavior of tsetse is important in designing bait methods of sampling and control...