Incorporating scale dependence in disease burden estimates: the case of human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda.

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Finola Hackett (Author), Lea Berrang Ford (Author), Eric Fèvre (Author), Pere Simarro (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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The WHO has established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a metric for measuring the burden of human disease and injury globally. However, most DALY estimates have been calculated as national totals. We mapped spatial variation in the burden of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in Uganda...