Near-infrared spectroscopy discriminates mass-reared sterile and wild tsetse flies
Soumaïla Pagabeleguem, Dari Frédéric Da, Bernard M. Somé, Marx S. P. Avelessi, Nicaise D. C. Djègbè, Rebecca L. Yoda, Abdramane Bagayogo, Hamidou Maïga, Thomas S. Churcher, Roch K. Dabiré
This study uses near-infrared spectroscopy to distinguish between wild and lab-reared tsetse flies, achieving 86% accuracy and improving to 88% with irradiation of lab-reared flies.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Jan 29, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology