ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2015
Mapping landscape friction to locate isolated tsetse populations that are candidates for elimination.
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- Past and Ongoing Tsetse and Animal Trypanosomiasis Control Operations in Five African Countries: A Systematic Review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Pooled it
- From islands to landscapes: Integrating genomic and advanced eco-geographic tools in area-wide tsetse control.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Review
- Modeling framework to demonstrate elimination of a vector population: Tsetse elimination in Chad.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Roads, Soil, Snow, and Topography Influence Genetic Connectivity: A Machine Learning Approach for a Peripheral American Badger Population.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Challenges and lessons from a vector control campaign targeting Glossina palpalis palpalis in an isolated protected forest area in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2025Article
- Genetic connectivity of wolverines in western North America.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Animal trypanosomosis eliminated in a major livestock production region in Senegal following the eradication of a tsetse population.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2024Article
- Limited impact of vector control on the population genetic structure of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes from the sleeping sickness focus of Maro, Chad.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2024Article
- Spatial distribution of Glossina morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Zambia: A vehicle-mounted sticky trap survey and Maxent species distribution model.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Livestock, pathogens, vectors, and their environment: A causal inference-based approach to estimating the pathway-specific effect of livestock on human African trypanosomiasis risk.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The COMBAT project: controlling and progressively minimizing the burden of vector-borne animal trypanosomosis in Africa.Open research Europe · 2022Article
- A novel vehicle-mounted sticky trap; an effective sampling tool for savannah tsetse flies Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood and Glossina morsitans centralis Machado.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- A machine learning approach to integrating genetic and ecological data in tsetse flies (Evolutionary applications · 2021Article
- An update on the distribution of Glossina (tsetse flies) at the wildlife-human-livestock interface of Akagera National Park, Rwanda.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
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- A machine-learning approach to map landscape connectivity inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Dispersal in heterogeneous environments drives population dynamics and control of tsetse flies.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Search for Selection Signatures Related to Trypanosomosis Tolerance in African Goats.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Article
- Population Structure and Migration Patterns of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes in Congo-Brazzaville.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- Developing a national atlas to support the progressive control of tsetse-transmitted animal trypanosomosis in Kenya.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
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Abstract
Tsetse flies are the cyclical vectors of deadly human and animal trypanosomes in sub-Saharan Africa. Tsetse control is a key component for the integrated management of both plagues, but local eradication successes have been limited to less than 2% of the infested area. This is attributed to either resurgence of residual populations that were omitted from the eradication campaign or reinvasion from neighboring infested areas. Here we focused on Glossina palpalis gambiensis, a riverine tsetse species representing the main vector of trypanosomoses in West Africa. We mapped landscape resistance to tsetse genetic flow, hereafter referred to as friction, to identify natural barriers that isolate tsetse populations. For this purpose, we fitted a statistical model of the genetic distance between 37 tsetse populations sampled in the region, using a set of remotely sensed environmental data as predictors. The least-cost path between these populations was then estimated using the predicted friction map. The method enabled us to avoid the subjectivity inherent in the expert-based weighting of environmental parameters. Finally, we identified potentially isolated clusters of G. p. gambiensis habitat based on a species distribution model and ranked them according to their predicted genetic distance to the main tsetse population. The methodology presented here will inform the choice on the most appropriate intervention strategies to be implemented against tsetse flies in different parts of Africa. It can also be used to control other pests and to support conservation of endangered species.
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