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Glossina <genus>

Known as: Tsetse Flies, Glossina, Fly, Tsetse 
Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.
National Institutes of Health

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Glossina <subgenus>Glossina austeniGlossina brevipalpisGlossina fuscipes

Broader (1)

Glossinidae
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
Review
2011
Review
2011
Native microbiota shape insect vector competence for human pathogens.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Massive genome erosion and functional adaptations provide insights into the symbiotic lifestyle of Sodalis glossinidius in the tsetse host.
Sodalis glossinidius is a maternally transmitted endosymbiont of tsetse flies (Glossina spp.), an insect of medical and… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Metabolic Interdependence of Obligate Intracellular Bacteria and Their Insect Hosts
SUMMARY Mutualistic associations of obligate intracellular bacteria and insects have attracted much interest in the past few… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: the case of southwestern Ethiopia
Few studies of land-use/land-cover change provide an integrated assessment of the driving forces and consequences of that change… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Trypanosoma brucei spp. development in the tsetse fly: characterization of the post-mesocyclic stages in the foregut and proboscis
Post-mesocyclic development of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse fly in its migration from midgut to salivary glands, was… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Sodalis gen. nov. and Sodalis glossinidius sp. nov., a microaerophilic secondary endosymbiont of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans.
A secondary intracellular symbiotic bacterium was isolated from the haemolymph of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans and… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Tissue tropism, transmission and expression of foreign genes in vivo in midgut symbionts of tsetse flies
Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) harbour three different symbiotic organisms in addition to the pathogenic African… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Predicting the distribution of tsetse flies in West Africa using temporal Fourier processed meteorological satellite data.
An example is given of the application of remotely-sensed, satellite data to the problems of predicting the distribution and… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
An artificially isolated generation of tsetse flies (Diptera).
A generation of Glossina morsitans was artificially isolated by allowing emergence for three days in the habitat of G… 
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