A mathematical model for evaluating the role of trypanocide treatment of cattle in the epidemiology and control of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense sleeping sickness in Uganda

Background: Human and animal African trypanosomiases impose a large economic and health burden in their endemic regions. Large strides have been made in the control of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), yet these efforts have largely focused on the non-zoonotic form of the disease. Using a mathema...

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Main Authors: Julianne Meisner, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Peter M. Rabinowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673118300916