Quantifying the level of under-detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness cases

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 840-849

  Odiit, M ^a,b,e   Coleman, P G ^c   Liu, W C ^b   McDermott, J J ^d   Fevre E M ^b   Welburn, S C ^b   Woolhouse, M E J ^b,f  

^a UACP   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e Uganda AIDS Commission   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease burden; Rhodesiense sleeping sickness; Uganda; Under detection

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 24744450753     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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