Challenges towards the elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the sleeping sickness focus of Campo in southern Cameroon

Challenges towards the elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the sleeping sickness focus of Campo in southern Cameroon

Abstract The sleeping sickness focus of Campo lies along the Atlantic coast and extends along the Ntem River, which constitutes the Cameroonian and Equatorial Guinean border. It is a hypo-endemic focus with the disease prevalence varying from 0.3 to 0.86% during the last few decades. Investigations...

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Main Authors: Gustave Simo, Jean Arthur Mbida Mbida, Vincent Ebo’o Eyenga, Tazoacha Asonganyi, Flobert Njiokou, Pascal Grébaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Sleeping sickness
Socio-economic mutations
Animal reservoir
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-374

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-374

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