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Adding tsetse control to medical activities contributes to decreasing transmission of sleeping sickness in the Mandoul focus (Chad)

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Adding tsetse control to medical activities contributes to decreasing transmission of sleeping sickness in the Mandoul focus (Chad)

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2017-07, Vol.11 (7), p.e0005792-e0005792

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Gambian sleeping sickness or HAT (human African trypanosomiasis) is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense transmitted by riverine species of tsetse. A global programme aims to eliminate the disease as a public health problem by 2020 and stop transmission by 2030. In the South of Chad, the Mandoul area is a persistent f...

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Adding tsetse control to medical activities contributes to decreasing transmission of sleeping sickness in the Mandoul focus (Chad)

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1929414431

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1929414431

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ISSN

1935-2735,1935-2727

E-ISSN

1935-2735

DOI

10.1371/journal.pntd.0005792

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