Tsetse without the "fly" has become more common in English, particularly in the scientific and development communities.
The word is pronounced [tsɛtsɛ] (tseh-tseh) in the Sotho languages and is easily rendered in other African … 展开

Tsetse flies are members of the order Diptera, the true flies. They belong to the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, in which the tsetse's family, the Glossinidae, is one of four families of blood-feeding obligate parasites.
Up to 34 species and … 展开

Tsetse are biological vectors of trypanosomes, meaning that in the process of feeding, they acquire and then transmit small, single … 展开

In the literature of environmental determinism, the tsetse has been linked to difficulties during early state formation for areas where the fly is … 展开

The biology of tsetse is relatively well understood by entomologists. They have been extensively studied because of their medical, veterinary, and economic importance, because the … 展开

Glossina is almost entirely restricted to wooded grasslands and forested areas of the Afrotropics. As of 1990, tsetse flies were reported from a maximum latitude of approximately 15° north in Senegal (Niayes Region), to a minimum of 28.5° south in South Africa … 展开

The conquest of sleeping sickness and nagana would be of immense benefit to rural development and contribute to poverty alleviation and improved food security in sub-Saharan … 展开