Assessing the effect of insecticide-treated cattle on tsetse abundance and trypanosome transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface in Serengeti, Tanzania.

Assessing the effect of insecticide-treated cattle on tsetse abundance and trypanosome transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface in Serengeti, Tanzania.

In the absence of national control programmes against Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis, farmer-led treatment of cattle with pyrethroid-based insecticides may be an effective strategy for foci at the edges of wildlife areas, but there is limited evidence to support this. We combined data on in...

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Main Authors: Jennifer S Lord, Rachel S Lea, Fiona K Allan, Mechtilda Byamungu, David R Hall, Jessica Lingley, Furaha Mramba, Edith Paxton, Glyn A Vale, John W Hargrove, Liam J Morrison, Stephen J Torr, Harriet K Auty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008288

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008288

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