The effect of livestock density on Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense: A causal inference-based approach.

• Main Authors: Julianne Meisner (Author), Agapitus Kato (Author), Marshal Msanyama Lemerani (Author), Erick Mwamba Miaka (Author), Acaga Ismail Taban (Author), Jonathan Wakefield (Author), Ali Rowhani-Rahbar (Author), David M Pigott (Author), Jonathan D Mayer (Author), Peter M Rabinowitz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Domestic and wild animals are important reservoirs of the rhodesiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (rHAT), however quantification of this effect offers utility for deploying non-medical control activities, and anticipating their success when wildlife are excluded. Further, the uncertain rol...