Estimating and mapping the population at risk of sleeping sickness.

• Main Authors: Pere P Simarro (Author), Giuliano Cecchi (Author), José R Franco (Author), Massimo Paone (Author), Abdoulaye Diarra (Author), José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo (Author), Eric M Fèvre (Author), Raffaele C Mattioli (Author), Jean G Jannin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, persists as a public health problem in several sub-Saharan countries. Evidence-based, spatially explicit estimates of population at risk are needed to inform planning and implementation of field interventions, monitor disease tren...