The impact of passive case detection on the transmission dynamics of gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis.

• Main Authors: Francesco Checchi (Author), Sebastian Funk (Author), Daniel Chandramohan (Author), François Chappuis (Author), Daniel T Haydon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne disease affecting largely rural populations in Western and Central Africa. The main method for detecting and treating cases of gambiense HAT are active screening through mobile teams and passive detection through...