Mass-treatment and insecticide-spraying of animal reservoirs for emergency control of rhodesiense sleeping sickness in uganda

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Magona, J W ^a   Walubengo, J ^a  

^a National Livestock Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Animal reservoirs; Insecticide spraying; Mass chemotherapy; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Tsetse control

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; INSECTICIDE; MELARSOPROL;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DOMESTIC PIG; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INSECT CONTROL; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TSETSE FLY; UGANDA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES; UGANDA;

EID: 79959367300     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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