Tsetse Biology and Ecology: Their Role in the Epidemiology and Control of Trypanosomosis - Hardcover

CABI

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0851993001 ISBN 13: 9780851993003

Publisher: CABI, 1998

Synopsis

Domestic livestock in Africa are of importance not only as a source of milk and meat but also as a source of animal traction enabling farmers to cultivate larger areas, with crops providing the staple foods. Trypanosomosis, a parasitic disease transmitted cyclically by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.), is arguably still the main constraint to livestock production on the continent, preventing full use of the land to feed the rapidly increasing human population. Sleeping sickness, the disease caused in humans by species of Trypanosoma, is an important and neglected disease posing a threat to millions of people in tsetse-infested areas. Often wrongly thought of as a disease of the past, the prevalence of human sleeping sickness is increasing in many areas.

Although alternative methods to control the disease are being investigated, such as immunological approaches, use of chemotherapy or exploitation of the trypanotolerance trait, it is only control or eradication of the tsetse fly vector which will remove the threat of the disease rather than providing a better means of "living" with it. As a result of the economic impact of tsetse-transmitted Trypanosomosis, a large amount of research literature has been produced. This book provides a comprehensive review of this literature. The text is divided into four parts: tsetse biology and ecology, epidemiology, vector control and control of trypanosomosis. The book is invaluable for medical and veterinary entomologists, parasitologists and epidemiologists.

About this title

About the Author

S. G. A. Leak, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi.

Review

"This single-author test [sic] provides a scientific and economic overview of tsetse biology and ecology, epidemiology and vector control. It is a splendid authoritative text, written concisely and convincingly. . . . Here is a well referenced, up-to-date and practical discussion of a parasitic disease affecting livestock and humans with a major regional effect and potential international impact. The book is an invaluable reference for veterinary and medical entomologists and parasitologists. The epidemiological aspects are relevant for physicians and veterinarians. Toxicologists will find interest in the control measures utilizing insecticides, and researchers studying emerging diseases will be alerted to the potential for trypanosomosis. A scholarly review in a price-worthy package."--Veterinary and Human Toxicology

"Tsetse Biology and Ecology is comprehensive, covering all aspects of tsetse fly biology and trypanosomiasis. Its chief strength is that it reviews ecology and trypanosomiasis epidemiology in breadth and depth. . . . The book contains a detailed table of contents, list of figures and tables, and is unusually well indexed. It affords a thorough guide to the literature, with 115 pages of citations. . . . Tsetse Biology and Ecology is timely and likely to be well received. It reviews in some depth modern developments in Glossina and Trypanosoma brucei biology. . . . The present volume will prove most useful to field and bench scientists in medical entomology and parasitology. It will be an indispensable reference for scientists involved in tsetse and trypanosomiasis research and control programs. Animal health staff in the international agencies will find it essential. [It] will become the standard reference on tsetse for years to come."--The Quarterly Review of Biology

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0851993001
• ISBN 13: 9780851993003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 592