Developing a national atlas to support the progressive control of tsetse-transmitted animal trypanosomosis in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is a major livestock disease in Kenya. Even though, over the years various organizations have collected a vast amount of field data on tsetse and AAT in different parts of the country, recent national-level maps are lacking. To address this gap, a national atlas of tsetse and AAT distribution is being developed by the Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) and partners.

Methods

All data collected by KENTTEC from 2006 to 2019 were systematically assembled, georeferenced and harmonized. A comprehensive data repository and a spatially-explicit database were created. Input data were collected mainly in the context of control activities, and include both baseline surveys (i.e. pre-intervention) and the subseque

SUBMITTER: Ngari NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275614 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature