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. 2016 Apr 29;10(4):e0004437.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004437. eCollection 2016 Apr.

Tsetse Control and the Elimination of Gambian Sleeping Sickness

Mike Lehane  1 , Idriss Alfaroukh  2 , Bruno Bucheton  3 , Mamadou Camara  4 , Angi Harris  5 , Dramane Kaba  6 , Crispin Lumbala  7 , Mallaye Peka  8 , Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse  9 , Charles Waiswa  10 , Philippe Solano  11 , Steve Torr  1
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Tsetse Control and the Elimination of Gambian Sleeping Sickness

Mike Lehane et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Fig 1. A tiny target in a typical setting in Uganda.
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Fig 2. To obtain an estimate of the level of tsetse control required to stop transmission, a published model was rearranged [6].
The chart shows the relationship between HAT transmission (R0, y-axis) and numbers of tsetse (x-axis), when the average infectious period in humans is 1–4 years. The other parameters used in the model are for the West Nile region of Uganda [18]. The average infectious period is often accepted as 3 years, and so it can be seen that a reduction in tsetse numbers of approximately 72% is required to drive R0 < 1 in these settings.
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