Fly that transmits sleeping sickness (6)

I believe the answer is:

tsetse

(Other definitions for tsetse that I've seen before include "Bloodsucking African fly" , "flies" , "fly across Africa" , "Disease-carrying fly" , "carrier of disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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