Prospects for developing odour baits to control Glossina fuscipes spp., the major vector of human African trypanosomiasis.
| Autor: | Maurice O Omolo, Ahmed Hassanali, Serge Mpiana, Johan Esterhuizen, Jenny Lindh, Mike J Lehane, Philippe Solano, Jean Baptiste Rayaisse, Glyn A Vale, Steve J Torr, Inaki Tirados |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 3, Iss 5, p e435 (2009) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1935-2727 1935-2735 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000435 |
| Popis: | We are attempting to develop cost-effective control methods for the important vector of sleeping sickness, Glossina fuscipes spp. Responses of the tsetse flies Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (in Kenya) and G. f. quanzensis (in Democratic Republic of Congo) to natural host odours are reported. Arrangements of electric nets were used to assess the effect of cattle-, human- and pig-odour on (1) the numbers of tsetse attracted to the odour source and (2) the proportion of flies that landed on a black target (1x1 m). In addition responses to monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus) were assessed in Kenya. The effects of all four odours on the proportion of tsetse that entered a biconical trap were also determined. Sources of natural host odour were produced by placing live hosts in a tent or metal hut (volumes approximately 16 m(3)) from which the air was exhausted at approximately 2000 L/min. Odours from cattle, pigs and humans had no significant effect on attraction of G. f. fuscipes but lizard odour doubled the catch (P |
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