The insect pest control laboratory of the joint FAO/IAEA programme: Ten years (2010–2020) of research and development, achievements and challenges in support of …

MJB Vreysen, AMM Abd-Alla, K Bourtzis, J Bouyer… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Insect Pest Control (IPC) Section and its associated laboratory (IPCL)
is part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Its …

Enhancing vector refractoriness to trypanosome infection: achievements, challenges and perspectives

HM Kariithi, IK Meki, DI Schneider, L De Vooght… - BMC microbiology, 2018 - Springer
With the absence of effective prophylactic vaccines and drugs against African
trypanosomosis, control of this group of zoonotic neglected tropical diseases depends the …

Coevolution of hytrosaviruses and host immune responses

HM Kariithi, DG Boucias, EK Murungi, IK Meki… - BMC microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Hytrosaviruses (SGHVs; Hytrosaviridae family) are double-stranded
DNA (dsDNA) viruses that cause salivary gland hypertrophy (SGH) syndrome in flies. Two …

Interactions between Glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus and tsetse endosymbionts in wild tsetse populations

MM Dieng, AA Augustinos, G Demirbas-Uzel… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Tsetse control is considered an effective and sustainable tactic for the control of
cyclically transmitted trypanosomosis in the absence of effective vaccines and inexpensive …

Impact of Glossina pallidipes salivary gland hypertrophy virus (GpSGHV) on a heterologous tsetse fly host, Glossina fuscipes fuscipes

G Demirbas-Uzel, AG Parker, MJB Vreysen, RL Mach… - BMC microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are the vectors of African
trypanosomosis, the causal agent of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in animals …

[PDF][PDF] Managing pathogens in insect mass-rearing for the sterile insect technique, with the tsetse fly salivary gland hypertrophy virus as an example

AMM Abd-Alla, MH Kariithi, M Bergoin - Sterile Insect Technique, 2021 - library.oapen.org
Effective management of insect pathogens in insect mass-rearing is fundamental to the
successful implementation of area-wide integrated pest management programmes (AW …