Critical Linkages Between Livestock Production, Livestock Trade and Potential Spread of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda: Bioeconomic Herd Modeling and Livestock Trade Analysis

Critical Linkages Between Livestock Production, Livestock Trade and Potential Spread of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda: Bioeconomic Herd Modeling and Livestock Trade Analysis

Background: Tsetse-transmitted human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) remains endemic in Uganda. The chronic form caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (gHAT) is found in north-western Uganda, whereas the acute zoonotic form of the disease, caused by T. b. brucei rhodesiense (rHAT), occurs in the east...

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Main Authors: Walter O. Okello, Ewan T. MacLeod, Dennis Muhanguzi, Charles Waiswa, Alexandra P. Shaw, Susan C. Welburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
HAT
economic drivers
bio-economic
herd modelling
value chain
Uganda
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.611141/full

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