Towards the sustainable elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in Cote d'Ivoire using an integrated approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trypanosomes among which Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is responsible for a chronic form (gHAT) in West and Central Africa. Its elimination as a public health problem (EPHP) was targeted for 2020. Côte d'Ivoire was one of the first countries to be validated by WHO in 2020 and this was particularly challenging as the country still reported around a hundred cases a year in the early 2000s. This article describes the strategies implemented including a mathematical model to evaluate the reporting results and infer progress towards sustainable elimination.

Methods

The control methods used combined both exhaustive and targeted medical screening strategies including the follow-up of seropositive subjects- cons

SUBMITTER: Kaba D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10443840 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature