Stephen J. Torr

The paper develops and tests a low-cost, point-of-need molecular xenomonitoring protocol for tsetse flies in a low-resource setting, achieving high DNA extraction success and pathogen detection rates.

This study identifies factors contributing to trypanocide failure in cattle with African animal trypanosomosis in Tanzania, finding drug quality, improper use, and resistance as key issues.

This study compares PCR and microscopy for detecting trypanosome infections in tsetse flies and finds PCR is 1.9-9.3 times more sensitive, identifies species, and reveals cattle and human bloodmeals dominate.

This study evaluates the impact of a national tsetse control program using Tiny Targets in Uganda, showing reduced tsetse abundance and low population levels across 4000 km2.

This study shows that co-housed infected tsetse flies can contaminate naive flies with T. brucei DNA via faeces, leading to overestimation of infection prevalence in xenomonitoring.

The paper develops a high-resolution melt assay to identify Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense in tsetse flies, offering a rapid and specific alternative to multiple PCR methods.