Where, when and why do tsetse contact humans? Answers from studies in a national park of Zimbabwe.

BACKGROUND: Sleeping sickness, also called human African trypanosomiasis, is transmitted by the tsetse, a blood-sucking fly confined to sub-Saharan Africa. The form of the disease in West and Central Africa is carried mainly by species of tsetse that inhabit riverine woodland and feed avidly on huma...

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Main Authors: Stephen J Torr, Andrew Chamisa, T N Clement Mangwiro, Glyn A Vale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3429383?pdf=render