Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 257-275

  Franco, Jose R ^a   Simarro, Pere P ^a   Diarra, Abdoulaye ^a   Jannin, Jean G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HAT; Human African trypanosomiasis; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOSSINA; GLOSSINIDAE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84905650910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S39728     Document Type: Review

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