Quantifying the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness in Urambo District, Tanzania.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Lucas E Matemba, Eric M Fèvre, Stafford N Kibona, Kim Picozzi, Sarah Cleaveland, Alexandra P Shaw, Susan C Welburn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000868; https://doaj.org/article/613421d328cd4bb89752906180e7fb52

BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis is a severely neglected vector-borne disease that is always fatal if untreated. In Tanzania it is highly focalised and of major socio-economic and public health importance in affected communities. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to estimate the public health bu...