Costs Of Using “Tiny Targets” to Control Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, a Vector of Gambiense Sleeping Sickness in Arua District of Uganda
Sleeping sickness remains a serious threat in Sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is normally controlled by medical screening of the human population and treatment of individuals found to be infected. The disease is transmitted by tsetse flies but vector control is rarely used for control. A major reaso...
Main Authors: | Shaw, Alexandra P. M., Tirados, Inaki, Mangwiro, Clement T. N., Esterhuizen, Johan, Lehane, Michael J., Torr, Stephen J., Kovacic, Vanja |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374750/ |
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