Implications of Heterogeneous Biting Exposure and Animal Hosts on Trypanosomiasis brucei gambiense Transmission and Control.

The gambiense form of sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease, which is presumed to be anthroponotic. However, the parasite persists in human populations at levels of considerable rarity and as such the existence of animal reservoirs has been posited. Clarifying the impact of animal host r...

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Main Authors: Chris M Stone, Nakul Chitnis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-10-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4591123?pdf=render