An atlas of tsetse and animal African trypanosomiasis in Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the 1980s and 1990s, great strides were taken towards the elimination of tsetse and animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) in Zimbabwe. However, advances in recent years have been limited. Previously freed areas have been at risk of reinvasion, and the disease in tsetse-infested areas remains a constraint to food security. As part of ongoing control activities, monitoring of tsetse and AAT is performed regularly in the main areas at risk. However, a centralized digital archive is missing. To fill this gap, a spatially explicit, national-level database of tsetse and AAT (i.e. atlas) was established through systematic data collation, harmonization and geo-referencing for the period 2000-2019.

Methods

The atlas covers an area of approximately 70,000 km²,

SUBMITTER: Shereni W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807824 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature