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G is for... Glossina Morsitans

The tsete fly is infamously well known in Africa. The tsetse fly lives across the middle of Africa and it is a man-biter. Unfortunately, the tsetse fly has the ability to infect humans with the trypanosome organisms. This infection causes sleeping sickness.

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Last updated: Jan 26, 2004