S J Torr
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11.
Torr S, Della Torre A, Calzetta M, Costantini C, Vale G
Med Vet Entomol
. 2008 May;
22(2):93-108.
PMID: 18498608
The epidemiological role of and control options for any mosquito species depend on its degree of 'anthropophily'. However, the behavioural basis of this term is poorly understood. Accordingly, studies in...
12.
Torr S, Prior A, Wilson P, Schofield S
Med Vet Entomol
. 2007 Dec;
21(4):301-11.
PMID: 18092968
In sub-Saharan Africa, tsetse (Glossina spp.) transmit species of Trypanosoma which threaten 45-50 million cattle with trypanosomiasis. These livestock are subject to various herding practices which may affect biting rates...
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Torr S, Maudlin I, Vale G
Med Vet Entomol
. 2007 Mar;
21(1):53-64.
PMID: 17373947
Studies were carried out in Zimbabwe of the responses of tsetse to cattle treated with deltamethrin applied to the parts of the body where most tsetse were shown to land....
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Tirados I, Costantini C, GIBSON G, Torr S
Med Vet Entomol
. 2007 Jan;
20(4):425-37.
PMID: 17199754
Feeding behaviour of the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) was monitored for 12 months (March 2003-February 2004) in the Konso District of southern Ethiopia (5 degrees 15'N, 37...
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Kgori P, Modo S, Torr S
Acta Trop
. 2006 Sep;
99(2-3):184-99.
PMID: 16987491
In Botswana, 16,000 km(2) of the Okavango Delta were aerial sprayed five times with deltamethrin, applied at 0.26-0.3g/ha, to control Glossina morsitans centralis Machado (Diptera: Glossinidae) over a period of...
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Torr S, Mangwiro T, Hall D
Bull Entomol Res
. 2006 Jan;
96(1):71-84.
PMID: 16441907
In Zimbabwe, studies were made of the numbers of tsetse (Glossina spp.) and stable flies (Stomoxys spp.) attracted to cattle of different nutritional status, age and sex. Host odours were...
17.
Vale G, Torr S
Med Vet Entomol
. 2005 Sep;
19(3):293-305.
PMID: 16134978
An interactive programme, incorporating a deterministic model of tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) populations, was developed to predict the cost and effect of different control techniques applied singly or together. Its value...
18.
Habtewold T, Prior A, Torr S, GIBSON G
Med Vet Entomol
. 2005 Jan;
18(4):408-17.
PMID: 15642008
Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) is the most widespread vector of malaria in the Afrotropical Region. Because An. arabiensis feeds readily on cattle as well as humans, the insecticide-treatment of...
19.
Hargrove J, Torr S, Kindness H
Bull Entomol Res
. 2003 May;
93(3):203-17.
PMID: 12762862
The distributions of insecticide-treated cattle from sites in Tanzania and Zimbabwe were assessed from interviews with livestock owners, analysis of secondary livestock data and mapping technologies. The time-course of tsetse...
20.
Prior A, Torr S
Med Vet Entomol
. 2002 Jul;
16(2):207-13.
PMID: 12109716
In the Zambezi valley, mosquito females of the Anopheles gambiae Giles complex (Diptera: Culicidae) were collected from a hut containing pairs of cattle distinguishable by known DNA markers. DNA was...