Assembling a geospatial database of tsetse-transmitted animal trypanosomosis for Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), or nagana, is widespread within the tsetse-infested belt of sub-Saharan Africa. Although a wealth of information on its occurrence and prevalence is available in the literature, synthesized and harmonized data at the regional and continental scales are lacking. To fill this gap the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Atlas of tsetse and AAT, jointly implemented with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the framework of the Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT).

Methods

The Atlas aims to build and regularly update a geospatial database of tsetse species occurrence and AAT at the continental level. The present paper focuses on the methodology to assemble a dynamic datab

SUBMITTER: Cecchi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4015763 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature