Recommendations for control of East African sleeping sickness in Uganda

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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Main Author:	Simon Kotlyar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:	Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	East African sleeping sickness insecticide-treatment animal reservoir monitoring and evaluation
Online Access:	http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2010;volume=2;issue=1;spage=43;epage=48;aulast=Kotlyar

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