The tetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes is a vector of the pathogenic trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. T. brucei rhodesiense is a zoonotic agent that causes an acute form of Human African
The tetse fly Glossina palpalis gambiensis is a vector of the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. T. brucei gambiense infection causes a chronic form of Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sick