title: The Lambwe Valley and its people.
abstract: By 1936 the Lambwe Valley, which had been heavily populated in the early years of this century, was nearly devoid of people. Population since that time has increased markedly as a result of a settlement scheme and efforts made to control and eradicate Glossina pallidipes and trypanosomiasis. The formation of a game reserve (now a National Park) prevented the completion of a tsetse eradication programme and has provided an unmolested habitat for both G. pallidipes and large numbers of game animals which act as a reservoir for trypanosomiasis. Rhodesian sleeping sickness, as well as animal trypanosomiasis, have been severe problems for the local farmers who live around the boundaries of the National Park.
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Project, Veterinary Research Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kabete, Kenya.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Wellde
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waema
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chumo
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Reardon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adhiambo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olando
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mabus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002980:Climate; D006801:Humans; D007300:Insect Control; D007630:Kenya; D011156:Population Density; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014370:Tsetse Flies