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Observations on an Apparent Population Extension of Glossina tachinoides Westwood in Southern Ivory Coast

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Recent entomological surveys in the Bouaflé sleeping sickness focus of the Ivory Coast have revealed that Glossina tachinoides is considerably more widely distributed than hitherto. Some flies were found in the fringing riverine forests of tributaries of the River Marahoué. However, the greatest concentrations were found in villages and settlements where domestic pigs were kept. The southern limit of G. tachinoides now appears to lie one half degree of latitude further south than that reported by earlier investigators. The authors think there is good evidence that G. tachinoides is extending its range eastwards and southwards through and beyond the Bouaflé area, and the epidemiological significance of this is briefly discussed.

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Des enquêtes entomologiques récemment effectuées dans le foyer de maladie du sommeil de Bouaflé en Côte d’Ivoire ont révélé que Glossina tachinoides a une distribution beaucoup plus large que dans le passé. Certaines mouches se recontrent dans les forêts riveraines bordant les tributaires de la rivière Marahoué. Les concentrations les plus fortes sont cependant observées dans les villages et les colonies de peuplement où se pratique l’élevage des porcs. La limite sud de répartition de G. tachinoides semble se situer à l’heure actuelle à 0,50 degré de latitude plus au sud qu’il n’a été signalé auparavant par d’autres chercheurs. Pour les auteurs, tout laisse croire que l’aire de répartition de G. tachinoides s’étend vers l’est et le sud, traversant la région de Bouaflé. L’importance épidémiologique de cette extension est brièvement discutée.

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Kuzoe, F.A.S., Baldry, D.A.T., van der Vloedt, A. et al. Observations on an Apparent Population Extension of Glossina tachinoides Westwood in Southern Ivory Coast. Int J Trop Insect Sci 6, 55–58 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400002678

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