Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29695261›Full record

ArticleParasites & vectors2018

Sticky small target: an effective sampling tool for tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910.

Njelembo J Mbewe, Rajinder K Saini, Baldwyn Torto, Janet Irungu, Abdullahi A Yusuf, Christian W W Pirk

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Parasites & vectors, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Genetic Differentiation ofThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Njelembo J MbeweInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. jnjelembo@icipe.org.
Rajinder K SainiInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Baldwyn TortoInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Janet IrunguInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Abdullahi A YusufDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 028, South Africa.
Christian W W PirkDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 028, South Africa.

Funding

European Union IBCARP DCI-FOOD/2014/346-739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSmall targets comprising panels of blue and insecticide-treated black netting material each 0.25 × 0.25 m have been shown to attract and kill Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910 (Diptera: Glossinidae) thereby reducing its population density by over 90% in field trials. However, their attractive ability has not been fully exploited for sampling purposes. Therefore, in this study we assessed the effectiveness of using sticky small targets as sampling tools for G. f. fuscipes in western Kenya. We also determined the influence of colour on the landing response of female and male flies on sticky small targets.

methodsUsing a series of randomised block experiments, the numbers of tsetse flies caught with sticky small targets were compared with those caught with biconical traps. A negative binomial regression was used to model fly catches. Odds ratios as measures of association between the landing response on the blue or black panel of the sticky small target and the sex of flies were obtained from a multiple logistic regression.

resultsThe results showed that sticky small targets caught 13.5 and 3.6 times more female and male tsetse flies than biconical traps (Z = 9.551, P < 0.0001 and Z = 5.978, P < 0.0001, respectively). Females had a 1.7 times likelihood of landing on the black panel than males (Z = 2.25, P = 0.025).

conclusionThis study suggests that sticky small targets are an effective sampling tool for G. f. fuscipes. Therefore, we recommend the use of sticky small targets as an alternative to biconical traps for observational and experimental investigations of G. f. fuscipes.

Indexed as

AdhesivesAnimalsColorEntomologyFemaleKenyaMaleSpecimen HandlingTsetse FliesAdhesivesBehaviourDensityRiverine tsetse fliesSamplingSmall targetsSurveillance

Identifiers

PMID29695261
PMCPMC5922315

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.