Tsetse fly genome reveals weaknesses: International 10-year project unravels biology of disease-causing fly
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
Mining the genome of the disease-transmitting tsetse fly, researchers have revealed the genetic adaptions that allow it to have such unique biology and transmit disease to both humans and animals. The tsetse fly spreads the parasitic diseases human African trypanosomiasis, known as sleeping sickness, and Nagana that infect humans and animals respectively. Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, 70 million people are currently at risk of deadly infection.