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Gambian human African trypanosomiasis in North West Uganda. Are we on course for the 2020 target?

In 1994, combined active and passive screening reported 1469 cases from the historic Gambian Human African Trypanosomiasis (gHAT) foci of West Nile, Uganda. Since 2011 systematic active screening has stopped and there has been reliance on passive screening. During 2014, passive screening alone detec...

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Main Authors:	Richard Selby (Author), Charles Wamboga (Author), Olema Erphas (Author), Albert Mugenyi (Author), Vincent Jamonneau (Author), Charles Waiswa (Author), Steve J Torr (Author), Michael Lehane (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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