Abstract
THE greater part of tropical Africa is covered by the range of one or more of the twenty-one species of tsetse fly (Glossina) indigenous to that continent. In much of this vast territory it is not possible to keep cattle owing to the ravages of nagana disease, while the human population is being decimated by sleeping sickness. It is well known that the trypanosomes responsible for these diseases are carried by one or other of the species of Glossina. The future prosperity of great tracts of the African continent depend, therefore, on discovering means by which such areas can be inhabited by man and his domestic animals free from risks of infection by these diseases.
The Tsetse Flies of East Africa:
a First Study of their Ecology, with a View to their Control. By C. F. M. Swynnerton. (Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Vol. 84.) Pp. xxxvi + 579 + 22 plates + 7 maps. (London: Royal Entomological Society, 1936.) £5 10s. 0d.
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The Tsetse Flies of East Africa. Nature 139, 734–735 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139734a0
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