Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda
East African sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, is prominent in Uganda and poses a serious public health challenge in the region. This publication attempts to provide key components for designing a strategy for a nationwide initiative to provide insecticide-treatment of the...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| description | East African sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, is prominent in Uganda and poses a serious public health challenge in the region. This publication attempts to provide key components for designing a strategy for a nationwide initiative to provide insecticide-treatment of the animal reservoir to control T. b. rhodesiense. The contents of this article will focus on insecticide-based vector control strategies, monitoring and evaluation framework, and knowledge gaps required for future initiatives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb7f6053d524488c90599e1b77be40112022-12-22T01:59:59ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Global Infectious Diseases0974-777X2010-01-0121434810.4103/0974-777X.59250Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in UgandaSimon KotlyarEast African sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, is prominent in Uganda and poses a serious public health challenge in the region. This publication attempts to provide key components for designing a strategy for a nationwide initiative to provide insecticide-treatment of the animal reservoir to control T. b. rhodesiense. The contents of this article will focus on insecticide-based vector control strategies, monitoring and evaluation framework, and knowledge gaps required for future initiatives.http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2010;volume=2;issue=1;spage=43;epage=48;aulast=KotlyarEast African sleeping sicknessinsecticide-treatmentanimal reservoirmonitoring and evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Simon Kotlyar Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda Journal of Global Infectious Diseases East African sleeping sickness insecticide-treatment animal reservoir monitoring and evaluation |
| title | Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda |
| title_full | Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda |
| title_short | Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda |
| title_sort | recommendations for control of east african sleeping sickness in uganda |
| topic | East African sleeping sickness insecticide-treatment animal reservoir monitoring and evaluation |
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