title: Know your foe: lessons from the analysis of tsetse fly behaviour.
abstract: The emergence of new vector-borne diseases requires new methods of vector control. These diseases are often zoonoses associated with wilderness areas, and established methods of vector control used in domestic settings (e.g., indoor-residual spraying, insecticide-treated bednets) are therefore inappropriate. Similar difficulties are also emerging with the control of 'old' vector-borne diseases such as malaria. Understanding the host-finding behaviour of vectors assists the development and application of control methods and aids the understanding of epidemiology. Some general lessons are illustrated by reference to a century of research on the host-finding behaviour of tsetse flies which transmit trypanosomes causing human and animal trypanosomiases, including Rhodesian sleeping sickness, a zoonosis associated with wilderness areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Electronic address: steve.torr@lstmed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Torr
authors.affiliation: Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham ME4 4TB, UK; South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa. Electronic address: valeglyn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Vale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000502:physiology; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014370:Tsetse Flies / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Glossina; Trypanosoma; animal African trypanosomiasis; human African trypanosomiasis; sleeping sickness; tsetse flies; vector