Identifying regions for enhanced control of gambiense sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo

oleh: Ching-I Huang, Ronald E. Crump, Paul E. Brown, Simon E. F. Spencer, Erick Mwamba Miaka, Chansy Shampa, Matt J. Keeling, Kat S. Rock

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-03-01

Deskripsi

Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness or gHAT) has been targeted for elimination of transmission by 2030. Here, the authors project impacts of gHAT interventions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and derive a priority list of health zones requiring enhanced control to achieve this target.