Egri's team picked up on a theory first proposed in 1930 and backed up in 1981, when it was demonstrated that
biting tsetse flies were least attracted to striped animal models, when compared to black or white models.
Not exact matches
Harry said the sleeping - sickness scare from
tsetse fly
bites was quite overrated, that the two men who had died, the white hunter and the client, would have been all right if they'd been less stubborn and rushed on back to Maun.
HAT is caused by a single - celled parasite, Trypanosoma brucei, that enters the body through the
bites of
tsetse flies.
Trypanosomes are parasites of the mammalian bloodstream that rely on
biting flies — like the
tsetse fly — for transmission.
Some bugs, such as
tsetse flies, can
bite through thin fabric.
Take precautions against malaria, yellow fever, meningitis and insect
bites (namely
tsetse, tumbu and blackflies, ticks and sandfleas).
As it turns out, the stripes help deter
biting flies like horseflies and
tsetse flies.