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Mapping landscape friction to locate isolated tsetse populations that are candidates for elimination.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Nov 2015
Bouyer Jérémy, Dicko Ahmadou H, Cecchi Giuliano, Ravel Sophie, Guerrini Laure, Solano Philippe, Vreysen Marc J B, De Meeûs Thierry, Lancelot Renaud
Abstract excerpt
Tsetse flies are the cyclical vectors of deadly human and animal trypanosomes in sub-Saharan Africa. Tsetse control is a key component for the integrated management of both plagues, but local eradication successes have been limited to less than 2% of the infested area. This is attributed to either resurgence of residual populations that were omitted from the eradication campaign or reinvasion from neighboring...
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