Is vector control needed to eliminate gambiense human African trypanosomiasis?

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Solano, Philippe ^a   Torr, Steve J ^b,c   Lehane, Mike J ^b  

^a Institut de recherche pour le développement   (Burkina Faso)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DISEASE ERADICATION; INSECT CONTROL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PROCEDURES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; METHODOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84891391008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00033     Document Type: Article

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