Tsetse
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First, the researchers looked for clues about how the
tsetse
, which feeds exclusively on the blood of vertebrates, identifies its host.
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Other diseases, such as sleeping sickness, transmitted by
tsetse
flies are fatal if untreated, as is leishmaniasis, if the parasites that cause it – transmitted by tiny sandflies – invade the liver and spleen.
The parasites that carry the infection – Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in central and western Africa and T. b. rhodesiense in eastern Africa – are transmitted through the bite of an infected
tsetse
fly (Glossina morsitans morsitan).
They found that
tsetse
have fewer genes for olfactory and gustation receptors, and more genes for detecting carbon dioxide – key to helping them find a host.
Researchers also pursued a deeper understanding of the genes involved in sensing colors, in order to help determine which shade of blue – the color that has long been known to attract
tsetse
flies – would work best for traps.
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