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The population structure of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes in the Lake Victoria basin in Uganda: implications for vector control.
Parasites & vectors - 4 Oct 2012
Hyseni Chaz, Kato Agapitus B, Okedi Loyce M, Masembe Charles, Ouma Johnson O, Aksoy Serap, Caccone Adalgisa
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BACKGROUND: Glossina fuscipes fuscipes is the primary vector of trypanosomiasis in humans and livestock in Uganda. The Lake Victoria basin has been targeted for tsetse eradication using a rolling carpet initiative, from west to east, with four operational blocks (3 in Uganda and 1 in Kenya), under a Pan-African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC). We screened tsetse flies from the three...
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