Quality of sterile male tsetse after long distance transport as chilled, irradiated pupae

Seck Momar Talla, Pagabeleguem Soumaila, Bassene Mireille, Fall Assane Gueye, Diouf Thérèse A.R., Sall Baba, Vreysen Marc J.B., Rayaissé Jean-Baptiste, Takac Peter, Sidibé Issa, Parker Andrew Gordon, Mutika Gratian N., Bouyer Jérémy, Gimonneau Geoffrey. 2015. Quality of sterile male tsetse after long distance transport as chilled, irradiated pupae. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9 (11):e0004229, 13 p.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004229

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Résumé : Background: Tsetse flies transmit trypanosomes that cause human and African animal trypanosomosis, a debilitating disease of humans (sleeping sickness) and livestock (nagana). An area-wide integrated pest management campaign against Glossina palpalis gambiensis has been implemented in Senegal since 2010 that includes a sterile insect technique (SIT) component. The SIT can only be successful when the sterile males that are destined for release have a flight ability, survival and competitiveness that are as close as possible to that of their wild male counterparts. Methodology/Principal Findings: Tests were developed to assess the quality of G. p. gambiensis males that emerged from pupae that were produced and irradiated in Burkina Faso and Slovakia (irradiation done in Seibersdorf, Austria) and transported weekly under chilled conditions to Dakar, Senegal. For each consignment a sample of 50 pupae was used for a quality control test (QC group). To assess flight ability, the pupae were put in a cylinder filtering emerged flies that were able to escape the cylinder. The survival of these flyers was thereafter monitored under stress conditions (without feeding). Remaining pupae were emerged and released in the target area of the eradication programme (RF group). The following parameter values were obtained for the QC flies: average emergence rate more than 69%, median survival of 6 days, and average flight ability of more than 35%. The quality protocol was a good proxy of fly quality, explaining a large part of the variances of the examined parameters. Conclusions/Significance: The quality protocol described here will allow the accurate monitoring of the quality of shipped sterile male tsetse used in operational eradication programmes in the framework of the Pan-African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Glossina palpalis, lutte intégrée, lâcher d'insectes stériles, contrôle de qualité, transport d'animaux, efficacité d'utilisation, survie, performance animale, éradication des maladies, projet de recherche, Glossinidae, vecteur de maladie, trypanosomose africaine