Quantifying the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness in Urambo District, Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Lucas E Matemba (Author), Eric M Fèvre (Author), Stafford N Kibona (Author), Kim Picozzi (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author), Alexandra P Shaw (Author), Susan C Welburn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis is a severely neglected vector-borne disease that is always fatal if untreated. In Tanzania it is highly focalised and of major socio-economic and public health importance in affected communities. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to estimate the public health bu...