Human African trypanosomiasis in South Sudan: how can we prevent a new epidemic?

• Main Authors: José A Ruiz-Postigo (Author), José R Franco (Author), Mounir Lado (Author), Pere P Simarro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been a major public health problem in South Sudan for the last century. Recurrent outbreaks with a repetitive pattern of responding-scaling down activities have been observed. Control measures for outbreak response were reduced when the prevalence decreased an...