Human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Disease distribution and risk

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lumbala, Crispin ^a   Simarro, Pere P ^b   Cecchi, Giuliano ^c   Paone, Massimo ^d   Franco, José R ^b   Betu Ku Mesu, Victor Kande ^e   Makabuza, Jacquies ^a   Diarra, Abdoulaye ^b   Chansy, Shampa ^a   Priotto, Gerardo ^b   Mattioli, Raffaele C ^d   Jannin, Jean G ^b  

^a National Sleeping Sickness Control Programme   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Ethiopia)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e Ministry of Public Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of the Congo; DRC; HAT; Human African trypanosomiasis; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAPPING; PARASITIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84937033774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-015-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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