Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.

• Main Authors: Lucas J Cunningham (Author), Jessica K Lingley (Author), Iñaki Tirados (Author), Johan Esterhuizen (Author), Mercy Opiyo (Author), Clement T N Mangwiro (Author), Mike J Lehane (Author), Stephen J Torr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Large-scale control of sleeping sickness has led to a decline in the number of cases of Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) to <2000/year. However, achieving complete and lasting interruption of transmission may be difficult because animals may act as reservoir hosts for T. b...