Tsetse (Glossina morsitans morsitans) count data from Eastern Province, Zambia, (2013)

This resource contains tsetse fly count data recorded during two intensive surveys in Mambwe District, Eastern Province, Zambia in 2013. Tsetse sampling was conducted along a 60 kilometre transect from the plateau region on the eastern side of the Luangwa Valley to the floor of the valley, near Mfuwe Airport. Tsetse flies were sampled using black screen fly rounds. The first survey was conducted in May and June (cold, dry season) and the second survey in November (hot dry season). The Luangwa Valley in Zambia is an old focus of human sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense) and sporadic outbreaks have occurred in the human population. In recent years there has been an influx of people migrating from the densely populated plateau region resulting in a significant change in land-use in the study area, potentially influencing the distribution and density of tsetse. This work was part of a wider research project, the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium (DDDAC) and contributed to the Zambia trypanosomiasis case study. The research was funded by NERC project no NE/J000701/1 with support from the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme (ESPA). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/59fc6e1a-e1cb-4bcf-8b49-68211b2a363a本数据集收录了2013年在赞比亚东方省曼布韦区两次密集调查中获取的采采蝇计数数据。采采蝇采样沿一条从卢安瓜谷东侧高原延伸至该谷谷底（邻近姆富韦机场）的60公里样带开展，采用黑幕诱捕法（black screen fly rounds）进行。首次调查于5月至6月（寒冷旱季）进行，第二次调查则于11月（炎热旱季）开展。赞比亚卢安瓜谷是人类昏睡病（Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense，罗得西亚锥虫病）的老牌疫区，当地人群中曾出现散发病例。近年来，大量人口从人口稠密的高原地区迁入本研究区域，导致研究区土地利用方式发生显著改变，这可能会对采采蝇的分布与种群密度产生影响。本研究为非洲疾病动态驱动因子联盟（Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium, DDDAC）大型研究项目的组成部分，同时为赞比亚锥虫病案例研究提供了数据支撑。本研究由英国自然环境研究理事会（NERC）项目编号NE/J000701/1资助，并得到减贫生态系统服务计划（Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme, ESPA）的支持。本数据集的完整详细信息可通过以下链接获取：https://doi.org/10.5285/59fc6e1a-e1cb-4bcf-8b49-68211b2a363a