The effectiveness of active population screening and treatment for sleeping sickness control in the Democratic Republic of Congo

J Robays; MMC Bilengue; P Van der Stuyft; M Boelaert

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01240.x

The effectiveness of active population screening and treatment for sleeping sickness control in the Democratic Republic of Congo

J Robays, MMC Bilengue, P Van der Stuyft, M Boelaert

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Original language	English
Journal	Tropical Medicine and International Health
Volume	9
Pages (from-to)	542-550
ISSN	1360-2276
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01240.x
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Protozoal diseases
Trypanosomiasis-African
Screening
Card agglutination test
CATT
mAECT
Effectiveness
Case detection
Transmission reduction
Treatment success
Recurrence
Pentamidine
Melarsoprol
Congo-Kinshasa
Africa-Central

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