Tsetse flies occur in much of sub-Saharan Africa as vectors of trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomosis. For its control, the Sterile Insect Technique based on mass rearing is currently used. Bu...
This work was supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(www.gatesfoundation.org)through the Human African Trypanosomiasis Modelling and Economic Predictions for Policy(HAT MEPP)project[OPP1177824 and INV-005121](CH,REC,PEB,MA,EHC,KSR);through the NTD Modelling Consortium[OPP1184344](KSR),and the Trypa-NO!project[INV-008412 and INV-001785](PRB,AP,SJT,PS and IT);SJT received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(www.bbsrc.ukri.org;Grants BB/S01375X/1,BB/S00243X/1,BB/P005888/1).The funders had no role in study design,data collection and analysis,decision to publish,or preparation of the manuscript.
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Project supported by the McKnight Foundation, USA.
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