Mapping sleeping sickness in Western Africa in a context of demographic transition and climate change

Parasite

and P.P. Simarro³  R.C. Mattioli¹  J.R. Franco³  A. Diarra²  M. Paone¹  F. Courtin⁴  G. Cecchi¹ 

[1] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Animal Production and Health Division, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 1,00153,Rome,Italy.;World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa,Brazzaville;World Health Organization, Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Innovative and Intensified Disease Management,1211 Geneva 27,Switzerland;Centre International de Recherche Développement sur l’Élevage en zone Subhumide (CIRDES), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 177,Bobo-Dioulasso,Burkina Faso

关键词: disease ecology;    health geography;    atlas;    GIS;    human African trypanosomiasis;   

Others  :  808403
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2009162099

 received in 2009-04-07, accepted in 2009-04-14,  发布年份 2009

【 摘 要 】

Human population growth, climate change and economic development are causing major environmental modifications in Western Africa, which will have important repercussions on the epidemiology of sleeping sickness. A new initiative, the Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), aims at assembling and geo-referencing all epidemiological data derived from both active screening activities and passive surveillance. A geographic database enables to generate up-to-date disease maps at a range of scales and of unprecedented spatial accuracy. We present preliminary results for seven West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Togo) and briefly discuss the relevance of the Atlas for future monitoring, control and research activities.

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