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

For those who did not have the privilege to witness or be in the starchy ironed brown and, or green khaki shirts and shorts (possibly patched at the back to hide holes). And those who wore neatly ...

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

The central cloth panel and the side panels of netting are all one meter tall and are covered on fine wires which electrocute tsetse contacting them. The flies then fall to be retained in the ...

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 ...

Sprayed animals act as deadly traps for tsetse flies. Dr Othieno Joseph I have a concern and I think given your links with the agency tasked with eradication of tsetse flies, you are well placed ...

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 ...

African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and ...

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 ...

analysis of various transgenic fruit fly lines. In addition, the Tsetse Research Group is involved in an evaluation of an X ray irradiator (RS2400) as an alternative to gamma radiation for the ...

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