Sentences with phrase «tsetse fly bites»
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.
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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.
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.
As it turns out, the stripes help deter biting flies like horseflies and tsetse flies.