Tsetse flies of East Africa update
Citation
International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology. Tsetse flies of East Africa update. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wgzin9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-06-18.Description
The dataset contains location data of preserved specimens in the icipe collection of the Tsetse flies of genus Glossina. Tsetse flies, correctly just Tsetse, are the insect vector for a number of disease, such as the Sleeping Sickness in humans or Surra and Nagana in cattle, antelopes, horses and others. The protozoan actually causing the disease is a species of Trypanosoma, causing a trypanosomiasis.Taxonomic Coverages
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Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Dr. Fabian Haasadministrative point of contact
email: fhaas@icipe.org