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Experimental Work with the Tsetse-fly, Glossina palpalis, in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Kenneth Mellanby
Kenneth Mellanby*
Affiliation:
Wandsworth Scholar, London School of Hygieneand Tropical Medicine.
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This is an account of laboratory experiments made with the tsetse Glossina palpalis. The results deal mainly with the effects of climatic conditions, temperature and humidity in particular, on the metabolism and life-cycle. Some work was also done on the activity and behaviour of the fly, but this is very incomplete, though it shows the importance of the problem and the need for further study.

The work was done during a visit of just over a year to East Africa, in 1935-36, as Wandsworth Scholar of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I spent most of the time at the Human Trypanosomiasis Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, and also visited tsetse areas in Kenya and Tanganyika. I am grateful to all those who helped to make my visit profitable. Among others, to the Directors of Medical Services of the East African territories, in particular the Hon. W. H. Kauntze of Uganda, and many members of their departments. To Mr. C. B. Symes, Medical Entomologist, Kenya, and to Mr. W. H. Potts, of the Department of Tsetse Research, Tanganyika. I am especially grateful to Dr. H. Lyndhurst Duke, Director of the Human Trypanosomiasis Institute, for many kindnesses. Considerable assistance was received from Mrs. Helen Mellanby, who was working on allied problems at Entebbe. And mention must be made of the intelligent and conscientious help of my laboratory assistant, Omw. Bonaventure Semalwadde.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , December 1936 , pp. 611 - 632
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

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