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Host-seeking efficiency can explain population dynamics of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans in response to host density decline

Females of all blood-feeding arthropod vectors must find and feed on a host in order to produce offspring. For tsetse—vectors of the trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis—the problem is more extreme, since both sexes feed solely on blood. Host location is thus essential bo...

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Autores principales: Lord, Jennifer S., Mthombothi, Zinhle, Lagat, Vitalis K., Atuhaire, Fatumah, Hargrove, John W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28672001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005730