Sleeping sickness surveillance: an essential step towards elimination
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Sleeping sickness surveillance: an essential step towards elimination.
In the last decades, with little or no surveillance sleeping sickness has returned to alarming levels comparable to the early twentieth century. Sixty million people are considered at risk but only 3-4 million are under surveillance, yielding some 45 000 new cases annually. It is estimated that at least 300 000-500 000 people are presently infected. Despite the almost universal presence of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and International Health
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00669.x