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The bloodsucking insect with a saw for a mouth: How the tsetse fly bites through almost anything

Tsetse flies transmit some of Africa's most persistent parasitic diseases. They have affected human health, livestock production and rural development for generations, across a region spanning millions of square kilometers in 37 sub-Saharan countries.

The bloodsucking insect with a saw for a mouth: How the tsetse fly bites through almost anything
Image: Phys.org
Tsetse flies transmit some of Africa's most persistent parasitic diseases. They have affected human health, livestock production and rural development for generations, across a region spanning millions of square kilometers in 37 sub-Saharan countries.

Originally published at Phys.org

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