@article{fdi:010060843,
  title = {{T}he bacterial flora of tsetse fly midgut and its effect on trypanosome transmission},
  author = {{S}oumana, {I}. {H}. and {S}imo, {G}. and {N}jiokou, {F}. and {T}chicaya, {B}. and {A}bd-{A}lla, {A}. {M}. {M}. and {C}uny, {G}{\'e}rard and {G}eiger, {A}nne},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he tsetse fly, {G}lossina palpalis is a vector of the trypanosome that causes sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in cattle along with associated human health problems and massive economic losses. {T}he insect is also known to carry a number of symbionts such as {S}odalis, {W}igglesworthia, {W}olbachia whose effects on the physiology of the insect have been studied in depth. {H}owever, effects of other bacterial flora on the physiology of the host and vector competence have received little attention. {E}pidemiological studies on tsetse fly populations from different geographic sites revealed the presence of a variety of bacteria in the midgut. {T}he most common of the flora belong to the genera {E}ntrobacter (most common), {E}nterococcus, and {A}cinetobacter. {I}t was a little surprising to find such diversity in the tsetse midgut since the insect is monophagous consuming vertebrate blood only. {D}iversity of bacteria is normally associated with polyphagous insects. {I}n contrast to the symbionts, the role of resident midgut bacterial flora on the physiology of the fly and vector competence remains to be elucidated. {W}ith regard, {S}odalis glossinidius, our data showed that flies harbouring this symbiont have three times greater probability of being infected by trypanosomes than flies without the symbiont. {T}he data delineated in these studies under score the need to carry out detailed investigations on the role of resident bacteria on the physiology of the fly and vector competence.},
  keywords = {{T}setse fly ; {S}leeping sickness ; {M}icrobiota ; {D}iversity ; {F}itness ; {V}ector competence ; {AFRIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {I}nvertebrate {P}athology},
  volume = {112},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {{S}89--{S}93},
  ISSN = {0022-2011},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jip.2012.03.029},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010060843},
}