Tsetse fly: The blood-sucking insect that can bite through almost anything – and is found in 37 countries
- Tsetse flies transmit some of Africa’s most persistent parasitic diseases.
- They have affected human health, livestock production and rural development for generations, across a region spanning millions of square kilometres in 37 sub-Saharan countries.
- Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is caused by two species of single-celled parasites.
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- Tsetse flies transmit some of Africa’s most persistent parasitic diseases.
- They have affected human health, livestock production and rural development for generations, across a region spanning millions of square kilometres in 37 sub-Saharan countries.
- Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is caused by two species of single-celled parasites.
Sources: The Independent