Know your foe: lessons from the analysis of tsetse fly behaviour

• Published in: Trends in parasitology Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 95 - 99
• Main Authors: Torr, S.J, Vale, G.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2015
• Subjects: animal African trypanosomiasis; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Glossina; Host-Parasite Interactions; human African trypanosomiasis; Humans; Infectious Disease; Insect Vectors - parasitology; Insect Vectors - physiology; sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma; Trypanosoma - physiology; Trypanosomiasis, African - epidemiology; Trypanosomiasis, African - transmission; tsetse flies; Tsetse Flies - parasitology; Tsetse Flies - physiology; vector; Zoonoses - epidemiology; Africa; Trypanosoma; animal African trypanosomiasis; Glossina; vector; human African trypanosomiasis; tsetse flies; sleeping sickness
• ISSN: 1471-4922; 1471-5007; 1471-5007
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.12.010

Highlights • Quantitative analysis of tsetse behaviour has contributed to the development of important vector-based interventions to control human and animal African trypanosomiases. • The potential of some methods of control was initially missed because of inadequate understanding of the host-orientated behaviour of tsetse. • Progress towards the large-scale use of new control tools was also slowed by the pursuit of intellectually appealing approaches rather than simpler and more appropriate methods. • Lessons learned in the study of tsetse offer important examples of potential opportunities and pitfalls for research on other vectors.