Examining the human infectious reservoir for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in areas of differing transmission intensity

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Publication Date

1-1-1989

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Seasonal changes in the mean size of tsetse, Glossina pallidipes Austen, as indicated by wing vein length, were monitored during 1983‐86 at Nguruman, southwestern Kenya. Changes in size of nulliparous females and wing fray category 1 males were shown to be correlated with the relative humidity 2 months before they were captured. Soil temperature when flies were in the pupal stage had much less effect. Size dependent mortality was demonstrated, with the mean size of flies emerging from pupae significantly less than that of field‐caught flies. This mortality must occur at emergence, since there was no evidence of size‐dependent mortality once the flies became available to the trap. Size was correlated with density‐independent mortality acting on the parent population 2 months previously. It might therefore be possible to use size as an index of the intensity of such mortality. This could be useful when assessing the level of additional mortality required to suppress tsetse populations. Copyright © 1989, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Keywords

density‐independent mortality, Glossina pallipides, Kenya, size‐dependent mortality, tsetse

PubMed ID

2519651

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