The burden and spatial distribution of bovine African trypanosomes in small holder crop-livestock production systems in Tororo District, south-eastern Uganda

The burden and spatial distribution of bovine African trypanosomes in small holder crop-livestock production systems in Tororo District, south-eastern Uganda

Abstract Background African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) is considered to be one of the greatest constraints to livestock production and livestock-crop integration in most African countries. South-eastern Uganda has suffered for more than two decades from outbreaks of zoonotic Human African Trypanos...

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Main Authors: Dennis Muhanguzi, Kim Picozzi, Jan Hattendorf, Michael Thrusfield, John David Kabasa, Charles Waiswa, Susan Christina Welburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
African animal trypanosomiasis
Human african trypanosomiasis
Control
ITS1-PCR
Prevalence
Tororo district
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0603-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0603-6

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