• General Background
• 49 min
  1. Overview of arthropods & their impact on the health of humans & other vertebrates 1

  • Prof. William S. Romoser
• 42 min
  2. Overview of arthropods & their impact on the health of humans & other vertebrates 2

  • Prof. William S. Romoser
• 49 min
  3. Myiasis in humans and other animals, including applied applications in larval therapy & forensic entomology

  • Dr. Jamie Stevens
• 58 min
  4. Reactions to arthropod allergens, toxins and venoms

  • Prof. Stephen Wikel
• 41 min
  5. Parasite transmission by arthropods

  • Prof. William K. Reisen
• 32 min
  6. Mechanical transmission or dissemination of infectious pathogens/parasites by arthropods

  • Prof. Lane Foil
• 41 min
  7. Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases

  • Dr. Laura C. Harrington
• 36 min
  8. Surveillance, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases 1

  • Prof. Jonathan Day
• 33 min
  9. Surveillance, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases 2

  • Prof. Jonathan Day
• 48 min
  10. GIS, remote sensing and spatial analysis for vector-borne diseases

  • Prof. Uriel Kitron
  • Dr. Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec
• Arthropod-Borne Viral Diseases (The ARBO Viruses)
• 27 min
  11. Dengue: biology, diagnosis and pathology

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 27 min
  12. Dengue: epidemiology, prevention and control

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 42 min
  13. The Bunyavirales

  • Prof. Laura D. Kramer
• 62 min
  14. Vector-borne alpha virus infections

  • Prof. Scott Weaver
• Vector-Borne Bacterial/Rickettsial Diseases
• 22 min
  15. The emergence of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases

  • Prof. Durland Fish
• 43 min
  16. Plague and other flea-borne infections

  • Prof. Kevin S. Griffith
• 31 min
  17. Epidemic typhus and other louse- and mite-borne infections

  • Dr. Kevin Macaluso
• Vector-Borne Protozoan Diseases
• 51 min
  18. Malaria in the mosquito

  • Prof. Peter Billingsley
• 38 min
  19. Tsetse fly-transmitted African trypanosomiasis

  • Prof. Mike Lehane
• 28 min
  20. Triatominae vectors of Chagas disease

  • Prof. Christopher J. Schofield
• Vector-Borne Filarial Diseases
• 47 min
  21. The biology and control of human onchocerciasis

  • Prof. Ed Cupp
• 72 min
  22. Lymphatic filariasis

  • Prof. David Molyneux, CMG
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 49 min
  23. Dengue and yellow fever: the anatomy of decline and emergence

  • Prof. Emeritus Duane J. Gubler
• 41 min
  24. Species complexes: confusion in identifying the true vectors of malaria and other parasites

  • Prof. Susan Paskewitz
• 42 min
  25. The Bunyaviridae

  • Prof. Laura D. Kramer
• 73 min
  26. Surveillance, prevention and control of vector-borne infections

  • Prof. Jonathan Day

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1. Introduction
2. Diseases caused by tsetse fly
3. Trypanosome lifecycle
4. Tsetse flies are essentially present in Africa only
5. Nagana - cost
6. Nagana - nature
7. Sleeping sickness
8. Prevalence of disease
9. Areas of highest prevalence
10. Sleeping sickness - two distinct diseases
11. The danger from overlap of the two diseases
12. Sleeping sickness - two phases
13. Sleeping sickness - diagnosis
14. Control and treatment - no vaccines
15. Control and treatment
16. Geographical separation
17. Nagana and trypanotolerance
18. Drugs for nagana
19. Drugs for sleeping sickness
20. Active case detection and treatment
21. Killing tsetse flies
22. Tsetse species and sub-species
23. Morsitans group habitat
24. Palpalis group habitat
25. Tsetse fly life cycle (1)
26. Tsetse flies feed exclusively on blood
27. Tsetse fly life cycle (2)
28. Control of tsetse flies over large areas
29. Aerial spraying in Okavango delta, 2002-3
30. Control of tsetse flies by live targets
31. Control by artificial targets
32. Control by Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
33. Summary
34. Acknowledgements

Topics Covered

• Sleeping sickness and nagana
• Major treatments
• Shortcomings of current treatment regimes and why vector control is important
• Introduction to tsetse biology
• Primary methods of tsetse fly control

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Series:

• Vector-Borne Diseases

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Microbiology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Infectious Diseases

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on October 27, 2010

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Mike Lehane has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.