The elimination of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense? Challenges of reservoir hosts and transmission cycles: Expect the unexpected
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DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00113
Abstract: The World Health Organisation has set the goal for elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (gHAT), as a public health problem for 2020 and for the total interruption of transmission… read more here.
Keywords: reservoir hosts; transmission; trypanosoma brucei; elimination ... See more keywords
Identifying regions for enhanced control of gambiense sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29192-w
Abstract: Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness, gHAT) is a disease targeted for elimination of transmission by 2030. While annual new cases are at a historical minimum, the likelihood of achieving the target is unknown. We… read more here.
Keywords: gambiense; health zones; sleeping sickness; democratic republic ... See more keywords
Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007737
Abstract: Background Large-scale control of sleeping sickness has led to a decline in the number of cases of Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) to read more here.
Keywords: cattle pigs; human african; pigs tsetse; brucei ... See more keywords
Two-Year Follow-Up of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Serology after Successful Treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis: Results of Four Different Sero-Diagnostic Tests
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DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12020246
Abstract: Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT), also known as gambiense sleeping sickness, is a parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. During the last decades, gHAT incidence has been brought to an all-time low. Newly developed… read more here.
Keywords: serology; trypanosoma brucei; gambiense; brucei gambiense ... See more keywords