Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Large-scale control of sleeping sickness has led to a decline in the number of cases of Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) to

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Published in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2020-04, Vol.14 (4), p.e0007737-e0007737
Main Authors: Cunningham, Lucas J, Lingley, Jessica K, Tirados, Iñaki, Esterhuizen, Johan, Opiyo, Mercy, Mangwiro, Clement T N, Lehane, Mike J, Torr, Stephen J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African trypanosomiasis
Agglutination tests
Animals
Animals, Domestic - parasitology
Biology
Biology and Life Sciences
Blood - parasitology
Cattle
Control
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Disease Reservoirs - parasitology
DNA
Domestic animals
Epidemics
Gene amplification
Health aspects
Hosts
Human populations
Humans
Infections
Laboratories
Livestock
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
Microscopy
Nucleotide sequence
Parasites
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Primers
Research and Analysis Methods
Samples
Science education
Species
Statistics
Swine
Topography, Medical
Transmission
Tropical diseases
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense - genetics
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense - isolation & purification
Trypanosomiasis, African - epidemiology
Trypanosomiasis, African - veterinary
Tsetse flies
Tsetse Flies - parasitology
Uganda - epidemiology
Vector-borne diseases
Vectors
Zoonoses
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Summary:Large-scale control of sleeping sickness has led to a decline in the number of cases of Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) to
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007737