"Tsetse Flies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014370
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.400.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Tsetse Flies- Tsetse Flies
- Flies, Tsetse
- Fly, Tsetse
- Tsetse Fly
- Glossina
- Glossinas
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tsetse Flies" by people in Profiles.
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Assessing Strategies Against Gambiense Sleeping Sickness Through Mathematical Modeling. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 06 01; 66(suppl_4):S286-S292.
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Molecular characterization of tsetse's proboscis and its response to Trypanosoma congolense infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Nov; 11(11):e0006057.
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Predicting the Impact of Intervention Strategies for Sleeping Sickness in Two High-Endemicity Health Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 01; 11(1):e0005162.