@article{fdi:010054151,
  title = {{T}owards an optimal design of target for tsetse control : comparisons of novel targets for the control of {P}alpalis group tsetse in {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{R}ayaisse, {J}. {B}. and {E}sterhuizen, {J}. and {T}irados, {I}. and {K}aba, {D}. and {S}alou, {E}. and {D}iarrassouba, {A}. and {V}ale, {G}. {A}. and {L}ehane, {M}. {J}. and {T}orr, {S}. {J}. and {S}olano, {P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {T}setse flies of the {P}alpalis group are the main vectors of sleeping sickness in {A}frica. {I}nsecticide impregnated targets are one of the most effective tools for control. {H}owever, the cost of these devices still represents a constraint to their wider use. {T}he objective was therefore to improve the cost effectiveness of currently used devices. {M}ethodology/{P}rincipal {F}indings: {E}xperiments were performed on three tsetse species, namely {G}lossina palpalis gambiensis and {G}. tachinoides in {B}urkina {F}aso and {G}. p. palpalis in {C}ote d'{I}voire. {T}he 1 x 1 m(2) black blue black target commonly used in {W}. {A}frica was used as the standard, and effects of changes in target size, shape, and the use of netting instead of black cloth were measured. {R}egarding overall target shape, we observed that horizontal targets (i.e. wider than they were high) killed 1.6-5x more {G}. p. gambiensis and {G}. tachinoides than vertical ones (i.e. higher than they were wide) ({P} < 0.001). {F}or the three tsetse species including {G}. p. palpalis, catches were highly correlated with the size of the target. {H}owever, beyond the size of 0.75 m, there was no increase in catches. {R}eplacing the black cloth of the target by netting was the most cost efficient for all three species. {C}onclusion/{S}ignificance: {R}educing the size of the current 1*1 m black-blue-black target to horizontal designs of around 50 cm and replacing black cloth by netting will improve cost effectiveness six-fold for both {G}. p. gambiensis and {G}. tachinoides. {S}tudying the visual responses of tsetse to different designs of target has allowed us to design more cost-effective devices for the effective control of sleeping sickness and animal trypanosomiasis in {A}frica.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {N}eglected {T}ropical {D}iseases},
  volume = {5},
  numero = {9},
  pages = {e1332},
  ISSN = {1935-2727},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0001332},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010054151},
}