S J Torr
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Recent Articles
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Auty H, Torr S, Michoel T, Jayaraman S, Morrison L
Rev Sci Tech
. 2015 Nov;
34(2):587-98.
PMID: 26601459
Trypanosomosis is one of the most significant infectious threats to cattle in sub-Saharan Africa, and one form has also spread to Asia and South America. The disease is caused by...
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VaIe G, Torr S
Rev Sci Tech
. 2015 Oct;
34(1):227-33.
PMID: 26470459
Improving the surveillance and sampling of vectors is associated with many issues, including: the relative merits of laboratory studies as against field studies of vector behaviour; the ability to track...
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Shaw A, Wint G, Cecchi G, Torr S, Mattioli R, Robinson T
Prev Vet Med
. 2015 Jul;
122(4):406-16.
PMID: 26166771
This study builds upon earlier work mapping the potential benefits from bovine trypanosomosis control and analysing the costs of different approaches. Updated costs were derived for five intervention techniques: trypanocides,...
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Torr S, Vale G
Trends Parasitol
. 2015 Jan;
31(3):95-9.
PMID: 25599585
The emergence of new vector-borne diseases requires new methods of vector control. These diseases are often zoonoses associated with wilderness areas, and established methods of vector control used in domestic...
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Shaw A, Torr S, Waiswa C, Cecchi G, Wint G, Mattioli R, et al.
Prev Vet Med
. 2013 Sep;
112(3-4):447-9.
PMID: 24042027
No abstract available.
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Shaw A, Torr S, Waiswa C, Cecchi G, Wint G, Mattioli R, et al.
Prev Vet Med
. 2013 Mar;
110(3-4):290-303.
PMID: 23453892
Decision-making and financial planning for tsetse control is complex, with a particularly wide range of choices to be made on location, timing, strategy and methods. This paper presents full cost...
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Torr S, Chamisa A, Vale G, Lehane M, Lindh J
Med Vet Entomol
. 2011 Mar;
25(4):365-9.
PMID: 21414020
Recent studies of Palpalis group tsetse [Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Kenya] suggest that small (0.25 × 0.25 m) insecticide-treated targets will be more cost-effective than the larger (≥1.0...
8.
Torr S, Mangwiro T, Hall D
Med Vet Entomol
. 2011 Feb;
25(2):192-201.
PMID: 21276027
Studies were made of the efficacy of using smoke and housing to protect cattle from tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Zimbabwe. The efficacy of smoke was assessed by its effect on...
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Rayaisse J, Tirados I, Kaba D, Dewhirst S, Logan J, Diarrassouba A, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2010 Mar;
4(3):e632.
PMID: 20300513
Field studies were done of the responses of Glossina palpalis palpalis in Côte d'Ivoire, and G. p. gambiensis and G. tachinoides in Burkina Faso, to odours from humans, cattle and...
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Carpenter S, Mellor P, Torr S
Med Vet Entomol
. 2008 Sep;
22(3):175-87.
PMID: 18816267
The recent emergence of bluetongue virus (Reoviridae: Orbivirus) (BTV) in northern Europe, for the first time in recorded history, has led to an urgent need for methods to control the...