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Original Articles

Review of tsetse control measures taken in the Lambwe Valley in 1980–1984

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Pages 119-125 | Published online: 15 Nov 2016
 

Abstract

During an outbreak of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in the Lambwe Valley in 1980 initial tsetse control measures consisted of applications of dieldrin to the periphery of the Ruma National Park. This activity had a marked effect on the prevalence of sleeping sickness. Concern about the use of dieldrin caused the cessation of this programme and justified an aerial spray programme using endosulfan. Although the Lambwe Valley did not appear to be a good candidate for aerial spray, the endosulfan had a marked effect on tsetse fly levels and on the prevalence of sleeping sickness. Sleeping sickness cases were detected in decreasing numbers for eight months following the endosulfan programme, but the subsequent five months yielded no cases of sleeping sickness in the area. Some flies persisted, however, and they had regained high levels in about a year. As the prevalence of sleeping sickness increased another aerial spray programme was initiated in 1983, using pyrethrum as insecticide. The pyrethrum aerial spray programme did not make significant reductions in the Glossina pallidipes population or in the prevalence of sleeping sickness. A subsequent ground control programme using insecticides (dieldrin and cypermethrin) and bush clearing, conducted primarily within the National Park, has subsequently limited the prevalence ofsleeping sickness to low levels.

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