A burgeoning epidemic of sleeping sickness in Uganda

被引：68

作者：

Fèvre, EM ^{[1
]}

Picozzi, K

Fyfe, J

Waiswa, C

Odiit, M

Coleman, PG

Welburn, SC

机构：

[1] Univ Edinburgh, Royal Dick Sch Vet Studies, Ctr Trop Vet Med, Roslin EH25 9RG, Midlothian, Scotland

[2] Makerere Univ, Fac Vet Med, Kampala, Uganda

[3] Minist Hlth Uganda, Kampala, Uganda

[4] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Infect & Trop Dis, Dis Control & Vector Biol Unit, London WC1, England

来源：

LANCET | 2005年 / 366卷 / 9487期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67179-6

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

The epidemic of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness in eastern Uganda, which began in 1998 as a result of movements of the livestock reservoir of the parasite, has continued to spread. An additional 133 000 people have been put at risk of infection in Kaberamaido, another newly affected district. The few resources committed to control interventions in Soroti district have failed to contain the epidemic. The high prevalence of the parasite in cattle presents a significant risk for transmission to human beings and further spread of this neglected zoonotic disease. Targeted interventions are urgently needed to control epidemics and reduce the high mortality resulting from sleeping sickness.

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页码：745 / 747

页数：3

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