Estimating and mapping the population at risk of sleeping sickness.
<h4>Background</h4>Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, persists as a public health problem in several sub-Saharan countries. Evidence-based, spatially explicit estimates of population at risk are needed to inform planning and implementation of field inte...
Main Authors: | Pere P Simarro, Giuliano Cecchi, José R Franco, Massimo Paone, Abdoulaye Diarra, José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo, Eric M Fèvre, Raffaele C Mattioli, Jean G Jannin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0001859&type=printable |
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