The genome of the tsetse fly has been decoded at last. Ten years of work made it possible for a consortium of 145 scientists to publish the DNA sequence for the vector for sleeping sickness. This ...
The tsetse fly vector transmits the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, responsible for Human African Trypanosomiasis, one of the most neglected tropical diseases. Despite a recent decline in new cases, it ...
Phlebotomine sand flies (family Psychodidae, order Diptera) include several genera of hematophagous arthropods that vector important emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. They transmit ...