This is a tsetse fly target in Kenya. The sheets of dark cloth are coated with the scent of livestock to attract the tsetse and insecticide to kill it. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

The Kenya Tsetse Fly and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) has suspended a recruitment process after the state ...

In a study published in the journal eLife, lead author Willie Weir said they discovered that the tsetse fly existed for thousands of years only by subdividing itself without having sex and is now ...

So far, KenTTEC has had success stories of tsetse fly suppression in various regions including Lambwe Valley, Meru, Faza Island and the coast region.

IT has been known for a long time that the application of a ligature posterior to the brain in the larva of the blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala Meig., prevents the pupation of the posterior ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic ...