Feasibility of community-based control of tsetse: A pilot project using Tiny Targets in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Main Authors: Catiane Vander Kelen (Author), Alain Mpanya (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author), Erick Miaka (Author), Dennis Pérez Chacón (Author), Justin Pulford (Author), Richard Selby (Author), Steve J Torr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) is a neglected tropical disease caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies. 70% of cases in 2019 (604/863) occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The national programme for g-HAT elimination in DRC includes a large-scale deployment...