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Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Between 1990 and 2015, almost 440 000 cases were reported. Large-scale screening of populations at risk, drug donations, and efforts by national and international stakeholders have brought the epidemic under control with <22...

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Autores principales: Büscher, Philippe, Bart, Jean-Mathieu, Boelaert, Marleen, Bucheton, Bruno, Cecchi, Giuliano, Chitnis, Nakul, Courtin, David, Figueiredo, Luisa M., Franco, José-Ramon, Grébaut, Pascal, Hasker, Epco, Ilboudo, Hamidou, Jamonneau, Vincent, Koffi, Mathurin, Lejon, Veerle, MacLeod, Annette, Masumu, Justin, Matovu, Enock, Mattioli, Raffaele, Noyes, Harry, Picado, Albert, Rock, Kat S., Rotureau, Brice, Simo, Gustave, Thévenon, Sophie, Trindade, Sandra, Truc, Philippe, Van Reet, Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5840517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29396200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.11.008
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author Büscher, Philippe
Bart, Jean-Mathieu
Boelaert, Marleen
Bucheton, Bruno
Cecchi, Giuliano
Chitnis, Nakul
Courtin, David
Figueiredo, Luisa M.
Franco, José-Ramon
Grébaut, Pascal
Hasker, Epco
Ilboudo, Hamidou
Jamonneau, Vincent
Koffi, Mathurin
Lejon, Veerle
MacLeod, Annette
Masumu, Justin
Matovu, Enock
Mattioli, Raffaele
Noyes, Harry
Picado, Albert
Rock, Kat S.
Rotureau, Brice
Simo, Gustave
Thévenon, Sophie
Trindade, Sandra
Truc, Philippe
Van Reet, Nick
author_facet Büscher, Philippe
Bart, Jean-Mathieu
Boelaert, Marleen
Bucheton, Bruno
Cecchi, Giuliano
Chitnis, Nakul
Courtin, David
Figueiredo, Luisa M.
Franco, José-Ramon
Grébaut, Pascal
Hasker, Epco
Ilboudo, Hamidou
Jamonneau, Vincent
Koffi, Mathurin
Lejon, Veerle
MacLeod, Annette
Masumu, Justin
Matovu, Enock
Mattioli, Raffaele
Noyes, Harry
Picado, Albert
Rock, Kat S.
Rotureau, Brice
Simo, Gustave
Thévenon, Sophie
Trindade, Sandra
Truc, Philippe
Van Reet, Nick
collection PubMed
description Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Between 1990 and 2015, almost 440 000 cases were reported. Large-scale screening of populations at risk, drug donations, and efforts by national and international stakeholders have brought the epidemic under control with <2200 cases in 2016. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set the goals of gambiense-HAT elimination as a public health problem for 2020, and of interruption of transmission to humans for 2030. Latent human infections and possible animal reservoirs may challenge these goals. It remains largely unknown whether, and to what extend, they have an impact on gambiense-HAT transmission. We argue that a better understanding of the contribution of human and putative animal reservoirs to gambiense-HAT epidemiology is mandatory to inform elimination strategies.
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spelling pubmed-58405172018-03-08 Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination? Büscher, Philippe Bart, Jean-Mathieu Boelaert, Marleen Bucheton, Bruno Cecchi, Giuliano Chitnis, Nakul Courtin, David Figueiredo, Luisa M. Franco, José-Ramon Grébaut, Pascal Hasker, Epco Ilboudo, Hamidou Jamonneau, Vincent Koffi, Mathurin Lejon, Veerle MacLeod, Annette Masumu, Justin Matovu, Enock Mattioli, Raffaele Noyes, Harry Picado, Albert Rock, Kat S. Rotureau, Brice Simo, Gustave Thévenon, Sophie Trindade, Sandra Truc, Philippe Van Reet, Nick Trends Parasitol Article Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Between 1990 and 2015, almost 440 000 cases were reported. Large-scale screening of populations at risk, drug donations, and efforts by national and international stakeholders have brought the epidemic under control with <2200 cases in 2016. The World Health Organization (WHO) has set the goals of gambiense-HAT elimination as a public health problem for 2020, and of interruption of transmission to humans for 2030. Latent human infections and possible animal reservoirs may challenge these goals. It remains largely unknown whether, and to what extend, they have an impact on gambiense-HAT transmission. We argue that a better understanding of the contribution of human and putative animal reservoirs to gambiense-HAT epidemiology is mandatory to inform elimination strategies. Elsevier Science 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5840517/ /pubmed/29396200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.11.008 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Büscher, Philippe
Bart, Jean-Mathieu
Boelaert, Marleen
Bucheton, Bruno
Cecchi, Giuliano
Chitnis, Nakul
Courtin, David
Figueiredo, Luisa M.
Franco, José-Ramon
Grébaut, Pascal
Hasker, Epco
Ilboudo, Hamidou
Jamonneau, Vincent
Koffi, Mathurin
Lejon, Veerle
MacLeod, Annette
Masumu, Justin
Matovu, Enock
Mattioli, Raffaele
Noyes, Harry
Picado, Albert
Rock, Kat S.
Rotureau, Brice
Simo, Gustave
Thévenon, Sophie
Trindade, Sandra
Truc, Philippe
Van Reet, Nick
Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?
title Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?
title_full Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?
title_fullStr Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?
title_full_unstemmed Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?
title_short Do Cryptic Reservoirs Threaten Gambiense-Sleeping Sickness Elimination?
title_sort do cryptic reservoirs threaten gambiense-sleeping sickness elimination?
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5840517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29396200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.11.008
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