FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories

Friends or foes: Unraveling the tsetse fly-Spiroplasma symbiosis

Tsetse flies ( Glossina spp.) transmit African trypanosomes, the causative agents of human African and African animal trypanosomiases (HAT and AAT, respectively). These neglected tropical diseases impose significant public health and economic burdens across sub-Saharan Africa. Tr...