Restricted application of insecticides: a promising tsetse control technique, but what do the farmers think of it?

BACKGROUND: Restricted application of insecticides to cattle is a cheap and safe farmer-based method to control tsetse. In Western Africa, it is applied using a footbath, mainly to control nagana and the tick Amblyomma variegatum. In Eastern and Southern Africa, it might help controlling the human d...

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Main Authors: Fanny Bouyer, Seyni Hamadou, Hassane Adakal, Renaud Lancelot, Frédéric Stachurski, Adrien M G Belem, Jérémy Bouyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3153426?pdf=render