Efficacy of Electrocuting Devices to Catch Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae) and Other Diptera

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Vale, Glyn A ^a,b   Hargrove, John W ^a   Cullis, N Alan ^c   Chamisa, Andrew ^d   Torr, Stephen J ^e,f  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Wembley   (South Africa)

^d Division of Tsetse Control   (Zimbabwe)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPTERA; E CLOTH; E NET; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCUTING DEVICE; ELECTROCUTION; ENERGY; FEMALE; GLOSSINIDAE; GRID-SHOCK TEST; INSECT CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NAGANA; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PULSE RATE; VIDEORECORDING; VISIBILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECT VECTORS; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 84959235647     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004169     Document Type: Article

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