Determinants of Human African Trypanosomiasis Elimination via Paratransgenesis.

• Main Authors: Jennifer A Gilbert (Author), Jan Medlock (Author), Jeffrey P Townsend (Author), Serap Aksoy (Author), Martial Ndeffo Mbah (Author), Alison P Galvani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), transmitted by tsetse flies, has historically infected hundreds of thousands of individuals annually in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last decade, concerted control efforts have reduced reported cases to below 10,000 annually, bringing complete elimination within...