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Population genetics of <i>Glossina palpalis gambiensis</i> in the sleeping sickness focus of Boffa (Guinea) before and after eight years of vector control: no effect of control despite a significant decrease of human exposure to the disease
2023-07-28
Abstract excerpt
Human African trypanosomosis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is still a major concern in endemic countries. Its cyclical vector are biting insects of the genus Glossina or tsetse flies. In Guinea, the mangrove ecosystem contains the main HAT foci of Western Africa. There, the cyclical vector is Glossina palpalis gambiensis . A still ongoing vector control campaign (VCC) started in 2011 in the focus of Bo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a3b6bf43-e3aa-5ef3-ba9e-ab1a4e0556ed
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.07.25.550445
