Human African trypanosomiasis control: achievements and challenges

S Aksoy, P Buscher, M Lehane, P Solano… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Sleeping sickness elimination in sight: time to celebrate and reflect, but not relax

S Aksoy - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is one of the
neglected tropical diseases of sub-Saharan Africa that has plagued human health and …

Human african trypanosomiasis

P Büscher, G Cecchi, V Jamonneau, G Priotto - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a parasitic infection that almost
invariably progresses to death unless treated. Human African trypanosomiasis caused …

[HTML][HTML] Elimination of sleeping sickness hindered by difficult diagnosis

V Lejon, J Jacobs, PP Simarro - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2013 - SciELO Public Health
Sleeping sickness or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a fatal disease caused by
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense and transmitted by tsetse flies …

Human African trypanosomiasis: epidemiology and control

EM Fèvre, K Picozzi, J Jannin, SC Welburn… - Advances in …, 2006 - Elsevier
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, describes not one but two
discrete diseases: that caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and that caused by T. b …

First WHO meeting of stakeholders on elimination of gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

P Holmes - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as Sleeping Sickness, has been one of
the most important human diseases in Africa because of widespread epidemics in the past …

[HTML][HTML] Sleeping sickness

D Malvy, F Chappuis - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2011 - Elsevier
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne disease that
flourishes in impoverished, rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by infection with …

The elimination of human African trypanosomiasis is in sight: Report from the third WHO stakeholders meeting on elimination of gambiense human African …

MP Barrett - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In 2012, the World Health Organisation (WHO) set out a roadmap for the control, elimination,
or eradication of 17 neglected tropical diseases by 2020 [1]. Many were skeptical about the …

The natural progression of Gambiense sleeping sickness: what is the evidence?

F Checchi, JAN Filipe, MP Barrett… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) is widely assumed to
be 100% pathogenic and fatal. However, reports to the contrary exist, and human trypano …

Monitoring the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis at continental and country level: Update to 2018

JR Franco, G Cecchi, G Priotto, M Paone… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background In 2012 human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping
sickness, was targeted for elimination as a public health problem, set to be achieved by …