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Adding tsetse control to medical activities contributes to decreasing transmission of sleeping sickness in the Mandoul focus (Chad)
BACKGROUND: 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...
Autores principales: | Mahamat, Mahamat Hissene, Peka, Mallaye, Rayaisse, Jean-Baptiste, Rock, Kat S., Toko, Mahamat Abdelrahim, Darnas, Justin, Brahim, Guihini Mollo, Alkatib, Ali Bachar, Yoni, Wilfrid, Tirados, Inaki, Courtin, Fabrice, Brand, Samuel P. C., Nersy, Cyrus, Alfaroukh, Idriss Oumar, Torr, Steve J., Lehane, Mike J., Solano, Philippe |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005792 |
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