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The continental Atlas of tsetse and African animal trypanosomosis in Nigeria

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 29 p.

Author de Gier, J., Cecchi, G., Paone, M., Dede, P., & Zhao, W.

Publisher Elsevier B.V. ;

Product type Article

Synopsis (short abstract) Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis remains a major animal health problem in Nigeria, in a context where changes in land cover, climate and control interventions are modifying its epidemiological patterns. Evidence-based decision making for the progressive control of the disease requires spatially-explicit information on its occurrence and prevalence, as well as on the distribution and abundance of the tsetse vector. The future development of a national Atlas of tsetse and AAT, relying on both published and unpublished information, could improve on the present review and provide further epidemiological evidence for decision making.

This is the Accepted Author Manuscripts' version of an article published externally in Acta Tropica Volume 204, April 2020. Article 105328. Available online 2 January 2020.

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de Gier, J., Cecchi, G., Paone, M., Dede, P., & Zhao, W. (2020). The continental Atlas of tsetse and African animal trypanosomosis in Nigeria. Acta Tropica, 105328. 
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105328



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