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Abstract
Many wilderness areas of East and Southern Africa are foci for Rhodesian sleeping sickness, a fatal zoonotic disease caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies. Although transmission in these foci is traditionally driven by wildlife reservoirs, rising human and livestock populations may increase the role of livestock in transmission cycles. Deciphering transmission dynamics at wildlife and livestock interface areas is key to developing appropriate control. Data are lacking for key parameters, including host distributions, tsetse density, and mortality rates, and the relative roles of livestock and wildlife as hosts in fragmented habitats, limiting the development of meaningful models to assist in the assessment and implementation of control strategies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 608-621 |
Journal | Trends in Parasitology |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 8 |
Early online date | 1 Jun 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2016 |
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Life on the edge: tackling human African trypanosomiasis on the edge of wilderness areas
1/09/14 → 28/02/18
Project: Research