Spatial and temporal risk factors for the early detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients in Tororo and Busia districts, Uganda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 569-576

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

^a Livestock Health Research Institute Uganda   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African trypanosomiasis; Early detection; Rhodesiense sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; UGANDA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 5144230129     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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