The burden of human African trypanosomiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) is a protozoan parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense or Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. These are neglected tropical diseases, and T.b. rhodesiense HAT is a zoonosis. We review current knowledge on the burden of HAT in su...
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| author | Fèvre, Eric M. Wissmann, B.V. Welburn, S.C. Lutumba, P. |
| author_browse | Fèvre, Eric M. Lutumba, P. Welburn, S.C. Wissmann, B.V. |
| author_facet | Fèvre, Eric M. Wissmann, B.V. Welburn, S.C. Lutumba, P. |
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| description | Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) is a protozoan parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense or Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. These are neglected tropical diseases, and T.b. rhodesiense HAT is a zoonosis. We review current knowledge on the burden of HAT in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on the disability-adjusted life year (DALY), data sources, and methodological issues relating to the use of this metric for assessing the burden of this disease. We highlight areas where data are lacking to properly quantify the impact of these diseases, mainly relating to quantifying under-reporting and disability associated with infection, and challenge the HAT research community to tackle the neglect in data gathering to enable better evidence-based assessments of burden using DALYs or other appropriate measures. |
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| spelling | CGSpace618802024-06-26T09:37:29Z The burden of human African trypanosomiasis Fèvre, Eric M. Wissmann, B.V. Welburn, S.C. Lutumba, P. trypanosomiasis disease control animal diseases zoonoses Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) is a protozoan parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense or Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. These are neglected tropical diseases, and T.b. rhodesiense HAT is a zoonosis. We review current knowledge on the burden of HAT in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on the disability-adjusted life year (DALY), data sources, and methodological issues relating to the use of this metric for assessing the burden of this disease. We highlight areas where data are lacking to properly quantify the impact of these diseases, mainly relating to quantifying under-reporting and disability associated with infection, and challenge the HAT research community to tackle the neglect in data gathering to enable better evidence-based assessments of burden using DALYs or other appropriate measures. 2008-12-23 2015-03-25T09:09:40Z 2015-03-25T09:09:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/61880 en Open Access Public Library of Science PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2008;2(12):e333. |
| spellingShingle | trypanosomiasis disease control animal diseases zoonoses Fèvre, Eric M. Wissmann, B.V. Welburn, S.C. Lutumba, P. The burden of human African trypanosomiasis |
| title | The burden of human African trypanosomiasis |
| title_full | The burden of human African trypanosomiasis |
| title_fullStr | The burden of human African trypanosomiasis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The burden of human African trypanosomiasis |
| title_short | The burden of human African trypanosomiasis |
| title_sort | burden of human african trypanosomiasis |
| topic | trypanosomiasis disease control animal diseases zoonoses |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/61880 |
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