[The control of the vectors of the sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma gambiense Dutton (author's transl)].

In this review on tsetse control, the authors particularly stress the methods used at the present time against riverine species vectors of "Gambian sleeping sickness". The different kinds of insecticidal treatments, the means of ground and aerial application of residual or non-residual compounds as well as the planning of control campaigns are described. Besides, the authors show the present trends of the research on tsetse flies ecology, new insecticides, methods of spraying, biological control and the impact of tsetse control operations on the environment.