2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003822
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Tsetse Control and Gambian Sleeping Sickness; Implications for Control Strategy

Abstract: BackgroundGambian sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis, HAT) outbreaks are brought under control by case detection and treatment although it is recognised that this typically only reaches about 75% of the population. Vector control is capable of completely interrupting HAT transmission but is not used because it is considered too expensive and difficult to organise in resource-poor settings. We conducted a full scale field trial of a refined vector control technology to determine its utility in con… Show more

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“…Moreover, where they do occur, they occur very rarely and at low densities in habitat remote from G. f. fuscipes habitat and human use, making them epidemiologically irrelevant in the geographic region analyzed in this article. Control strategies for G. f. fuscipes have included insecticides sprayed aerially or directly onto cattle, traps, and baited targets (Lindh, Torr, Vale, & Lehane, 2009; Shaw et al., 2013; Tirados et al., 2015; Torr, Hargrove, & Vale, 2005). However, control initiatives implemented to date have experienced some setbacks due to resurgence of tsetse in treated areas because of either residual populations that were not eliminated or immigration from neighboring untreated areas (Aksoy et al., 2013; Opiro et al., 2016; Vreysen, Seck, Sall, & Bouyer, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, where they do occur, they occur very rarely and at low densities in habitat remote from G. f. fuscipes habitat and human use, making them epidemiologically irrelevant in the geographic region analyzed in this article. Control strategies for G. f. fuscipes have included insecticides sprayed aerially or directly onto cattle, traps, and baited targets (Lindh, Torr, Vale, & Lehane, 2009; Shaw et al., 2013; Tirados et al., 2015; Torr, Hargrove, & Vale, 2005). However, control initiatives implemented to date have experienced some setbacks due to resurgence of tsetse in treated areas because of either residual populations that were not eliminated or immigration from neighboring untreated areas (Aksoy et al., 2013; Opiro et al., 2016; Vreysen, Seck, Sall, & Bouyer, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In recent years, great improvements to curative drugs and screening programmes have contributed to a substantial decline in disease incidence [1]. In addition, advances in tsetse control have meant that control programmes can use strategies with interventions against both the parasite and vector [2, 3]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One such tsetse control method is through the use of insecticidal targets, in particular the recently developed “tiny target” [2, 4]. In areas which have already implemented vector control via tiny targets, a sharp decrease in tsetse abundance has been observed; there has been a reported 80% reduction to tsetse populations in Guinea [3] and 90% reduction in Uganda [2].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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