Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal?

The recent massive reduction in the numbers of fresh Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) infection has presented an opportunity for the global elimination of this disease. To prevent a possible resurgence, as was the case after the reduced transmission of the 1960s, surveillance needs to be sustaine...

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Autores principales: Akazue, Pearl Ihuoma, Ebiloma, Godwin U., Ajibola, Olumide, Isaac, Clement, Onyekwelu, Kenechukwu, Ezeh, Charles O., Eze, Anthonius Anayochukwu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31470522
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8030135
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author Akazue, Pearl Ihuoma
Ebiloma, Godwin U.
Ajibola, Olumide
Isaac, Clement
Onyekwelu, Kenechukwu
Ezeh, Charles O.
Eze, Anthonius Anayochukwu
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Ebiloma, Godwin U.
Ajibola, Olumide
Isaac, Clement
Onyekwelu, Kenechukwu
Ezeh, Charles O.
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description The recent massive reduction in the numbers of fresh Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) infection has presented an opportunity for the global elimination of this disease. To prevent a possible resurgence, as was the case after the reduced transmission of the 1960s, surveillance needs to be sustained and the necessary tools for detection and treatment of cases need to be made available at the points of care. In this review, we examine the available resources and make recommendations for improvement to ensure the sustenance of the already achieved gains to keep the trend moving towards elimination.
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spelling pubmed-67897892019-10-16 Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal? Akazue, Pearl Ihuoma Ebiloma, Godwin U. Ajibola, Olumide Isaac, Clement Onyekwelu, Kenechukwu Ezeh, Charles O. Eze, Anthonius Anayochukwu Pathogens Review The recent massive reduction in the numbers of fresh Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) infection has presented an opportunity for the global elimination of this disease. To prevent a possible resurgence, as was the case after the reduced transmission of the 1960s, surveillance needs to be sustained and the necessary tools for detection and treatment of cases need to be made available at the points of care. In this review, we examine the available resources and make recommendations for improvement to ensure the sustenance of the already achieved gains to keep the trend moving towards elimination. MDPI 2019-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6789789/ /pubmed/31470522 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8030135 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ebiloma, Godwin U.
Ajibola, Olumide
Isaac, Clement
Onyekwelu, Kenechukwu
Ezeh, Charles O.
Eze, Anthonius Anayochukwu
Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal?
title Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal?
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title_fullStr Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal?
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal?
title_short Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal?
title_sort sustainable elimination (zero cases) of sleeping sickness: how far are we from achieving this goal?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31470522
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8030135
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