Publications by authors named "Mouhamadou M Dieng"
Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are vectors of the tropical neglected diseases sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in animals. The elimination of these diseases is linked to control of the vector. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method that has been shown to be effective when applied in an area-wide integrated pest management approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Tsetse control is considered an effective and sustainable tactic for the control of cyclically transmitted trypanosomosis in the absence of effective vaccines and inexpensive, effective drugs. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is currently used to eliminate tsetse fly populations in an area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) context in Senegal. For SIT, tsetse mass rearing is a major milestone that associated microbes can influence.
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- The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a non-invasive pest control method that involves releasing irradiated male insects to mate with wild females, preventing offspring and reducing pest populations.
- Research on tsetse flies shows that their infection rates with Trypanosoma, which causes diseases like sleeping sickness, vary across Africa, with higher rates in eastern and central regions compared to western Africa.
- The study found a correlation between the presence of Sodalis bacteria and Trypanosoma infections in certain tsetse species, suggesting that these bacteria may influence the flies' ability to transmit the infection.