Beyond Tsetse - Implications for research and control of Human African Trypanosomiasis epidemics

This study examines the origins of Gambian human African trypanosomiasis

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 March 2016
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Health
Authors:
Welburn, S.C., Molyneux, D.H., Maudlin, I

Abstract

Epidemics of both forms of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are confined to spatially stable foci in Sub-Saharan Africa while tsetse distribution is widespread. Infection rates of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in tsetse are extremely low and cannot account for the catastrophic epidemics of Gambian HAT (gHAT) seen over the past century. We examine the origins of gHAT epidemics and evidence implicating human genetics in HAT epidemiology.

Citation

Welburn, S.C., Molyneux, D.H., Maudlin, I., Beyond Tsetse - Implications for research and control of Human African Trypanosomiasis epidemics., Trends In Parasitology, vol.32, pp.230-41, 2016

Beyond Tsetse - Implications for research and control of Human African Trypanosomiasis epidemics

Published 1 March 2016
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