Human African trypanosomiasis control: Achievements and challenges

Sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a neglected disease that impacts 70 million people living in 1.55 million km2 in sub-Saharan Africa. Since the beginning of the 20th century, there have been multiple HAT epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, with the most recent epidemic in the 1990s resulting in about half a million HAT cases reported between 1990 and 2015. Here we review the status of HAT disease at the current time and the toolbox available for its control. We also highlight future opportunities under development towards novel or improved interventions.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

• Publication date

  2017-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005454PMID 28426685PMCID 5398477
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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