Tsetse (/ˈsiːtsi/ SEET-see, US: /ˈtsiːtsi/ TSEET-see or UK: /ˈtsɛtsə/ TSET-sə) (sometimes spelled tzetze; also known as tik-tik flies) are large, biting...
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Look up tsetse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tsetse and similar can mean : Tsetse fly, one of the large biting flies inhabiting much of mid-continental...
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reported cases. Both are usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and are most common in rural areas. Initially, the first stage of the...
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The Tsetse was a small American nuclear bomb developed in the 1950s that was used as the primary in several US thermonuclear bombs and as a small stand-alone...
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humans directly. Rather, they are primarily a vector that transmits rabies. Tsetse flies do not kill humans directly. Rather, they are a vector that transmits...
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Eradication of infectious diseases (redirect from Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign)
non-tsetse modes of transmission. The Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC) works to eradicate the vector (the tsetse fly)...
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ovaries to be transmitted to the next generation. Tsetse flies have a fascinating life cycle. Tsetse gives life birth, which is extremely rare among insects...
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trypanosomes develop in tsetse flies (Glossina spp.), its biological vector, in about one to a few weeks. When an infected tsetse fly bites an animal, the...
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Trypanosoma brucei (section In tsetse fly)
between mammal hosts by an insect vector belonging to different species of tsetse fly (Glossina). Transmission occurs by biting during the insect's blood...
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Chagas disease causes 21,000 deaths per year mainly in Latin America. The tsetse fly bite erupts into a red chancre sore and within a few weeks, the person...
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Tsetse is a village in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. "Main Place Tsetse". Census 2011. v t e...
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used to eradicate the melon fly from Okinawa and in the fight against the tsetse fly in Africa. The technique has suppressed insects threatening livestock...
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Glossina morsitans is a species of tsetse fly in the genus Glossina. It is one of the major vectors of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in African savannas...
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his doctoral thesis at Cambridge University was on the life cycle of the tsetse fly. He was then awarded a post-doctorate research position at the Johns...
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John Tzetzes (redirect from John Tsetses)
John Tzetzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης, translit. Iōánnēs Tzétzēs; c. 1110, Constantinople – 1180, Constantinople) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who...
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settling on the skin or eyes to bite or seek fluids. Larger flies such as tsetse flies and screwworms cause significant economic harm to cattle. Blowfly...
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Bacteriocyte (section Tsetse flies)
specialized adipocyte found primarily in certain insects such as aphids, tsetse flies, German cockroaches, weevils, and ants. These cells contain endosymbiotic...
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the Mk 101 Lulu and had selectable yield up to 10 kt. The B57 used the Tsetse primary design for its core design, shared with several other mid- and late-1950s...
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(Horse-flies) Family Muscidae (House-flies and others) Family Glossinidae (Tsetse-flies) Family Calliphoridae (Blow-flies) Family Oestridae (Bot-flies and...
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the embryo against desiccation. Some species of insects, like aphids and tsetse flies, are ovoviviparous: their eggs develop entirely inside the female...
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African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), surrounding the area of the tsetse fly bite.[citation needed] Similarities between the conditions chancre and...
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of frogs. In 1903, David Bruce identified the protozoan parasite and the tsetse fly vector of African trypanosomiasis. A number of different methods demonstrate...
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fish, Yo Bumba; the tortoise, Kono Bumba; a black leopard-like animal, Tsetse Bumba; a white heron, Nyanyi Bumba; a scarab; and a goat named Budi. Mbombo...
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species of gram-negative bacteria that is a bacterial endosymbiont of the tsetse fly. Because of this relationship, Wigglesworthia has lost a large part...
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Also known as "sleeping sickness" or "sleepy sickness" (distinct from tsetse fly–transmitted sleeping sickness), it was first described in 1917 by neurologist...
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the consequences and possible solutions to desertification. 87 18 "The Tsetse Trap" June 7, 1978 (1978-06-07) 0517 NOVA explores Bovine sleeping sickness...
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Horses in Botswana (section Tsetse flies and Nagana)
were restricted. The hottest regions of southern Africa are infested with tsetse flies (Glossina), which transmit trypanosomes, blood parasites that cause...
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forest and surrounding areas, could not survive, due to a disease spread by tsetse flies; after centuries of exposure, some animals, such as cattle and goats...
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crops; however, livestock development is hindered by the presence of the tsetse fly. The Republic's primary import partner is France (17.1%). Other imports...
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14 July 1978 (1978-07-14) 19 "One Small Step" 21 July 1978 (1978-07-21) 20 "The Tsetse Trap" 28 July 1978 (1978-07-28) 21 "A Whisper from Space" 4 August 1978 (1978-08-04)...
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