Authors
Norah Saarman, Chantel Janet De Beer, Philippe Solano, Antoine Barreaux, Geoffrey Gimonneau, Sophie Ravel, Robert Opiro, Giuseppe Amatulli, Giuliano Cecchi, Serap Aksoy, Brian Weiss, Kostas Bourtzis, Adly M M Abd-Alla
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PLoS neglected tropical diseases. Volume 20. Issue 10. Pages e0014752. Epub Oct 09, 2026.
Abstract
Tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) are the exclusive cyclical vector of human and animal African trypanosomoses and continue to threaten health and agricultural productivity across sub-Saharan Africa. Area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) strategies provide a coordinated framework for combining tools such as the sterile insect technique (SIT), insecticide-treated targets and cattle, and others. This review examines the success and challenges of AW-IPM in tsetse control and advances in population genetics, species distribution modeling, and landscape genetics that improve identification of candidate populations for optimized AW-IPM design. We introduce the Coordinated Research Project (CRP) "Tsetse Population Genetics," supported by the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre, which aims to develop standardized tools and data to guide SIT within integrated control strategies. We identify key gaps in evidence for population isolation and reinvasion risk and propose an integrated, decision-ready framework. The framework combines updated species distribution models with scalable genomic tools to generate connectivity maps and, where feasible, source-sink dynamics, to prioritize intervention sites and distinguish post-control reinvasion from true elimination.
PMID:
42853784
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