Publications by authors named "Deusdedit J Malulu"
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- Tsetse flies are blood-feeding flies found only in sub-Saharan Africa and are key vectors for diseases caused by African trypanosomes affecting both humans and animals.
- A study used high-throughput sequencing to explore the diversity of symbiotic bacteria in various wild and lab populations of tsetse flies, focusing on factors such as developmental stage, age, gender, and location.
- Results revealed that wild populations had more diverse bacterial communities than lab ones, with notable differences between larval and adult microbiota, while certain bacterial genera were predominant across all samples.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases plus trypanosomosis are a constraint to cattle rearing in Tanzania. Rufiji district was not known for important ticks infesting cattle because inhabitants were not engaged in keeping livestock. Not only has settlement of pastoralists and cattle in Rufiji increased the number of cattle but also cattle have been the source of bringing in and spreading of ticks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study was conducted to determine the efficiency of different tsetse traps in 28 sites across Tanzania. The traps used were biconical, H, NGU, NZI, pyramidal, S3, mobile, and sticky panels. Stationary traps were deployed at a distance of 200 m apart and examined 72 h after deployment.
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