Factors Affecting the Propensity of Tsetse Flies to Enter Houses and Attack Humans Inside: Increased Risk of Sleeping Sickness in Warmer Climates

BACKGROUND: Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis, is caused by two species of Trypanosoma brucei that are transmitted to humans by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) when these insects take a bloodmeal. It is commonly assumed that humans must enter the normal woodland habitat of the flies t...

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Autores principales: Vale, Glyn A., Hargrove, John W., Chamisa, Andrew, Hall, David R., Mangwiro, Clement, Torr, Stephen J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23638209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002193

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23638209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002193

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