Sleeping sickness in Uganda: revisiting current and historical distributions
Background: Sleeping sickness is a parasitic, vector-borne disease, carried by the tsetse fly and prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease continues to pose a public health burden in Uganda, which experienced a widespread outbreak in 1900-1920, and a more recent outbreak in 1976-1989. The diseas...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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African Journals Online
2007
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174652 |
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