Researchers have deciphered a crucial signaling mechanism that enables trypanosomes to reach the salivary glands of the flies. LMU researchers have deciphered a crucial signaling mechanism that ...

Chad has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, a fly-borne tropical disease also known as sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization recently announced. The elimination marks a milestone for ...

The tsetse fly might look like an ordinary insect at first glance, but it’s responsible for spreading one of Africa’s most notorious diseases: sleeping sickness. Found across parts of sub-Saharan ...

Up until the late 1990s, the island of Unguja, Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) was infested with tsetse - Glossina austeni Newstead. Trypanosomosis prevalence among the mostly indigenous cattle ...

The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single burst of hot weather, researchers have found. The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single ...

Fly pheromones Recently, scientists identified pheromones tsetse flies release to mate. Romantic for the flies, but not for the diseases they spread to humans and cattle. By extracting the pheromones ...