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Developing a Progressive Control Pathway for African Animal Trypanosomosis

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 17 p.

Author Oumar Diall, Giuliano Cecchi, Gift Wanda, Rafael Argilés-Herrero, Marc J.B. Vreysen, Giovanni Cattoli, Gerrit J. Viljoen, Raffaele Mattioli, Jérémy Bouyer

Publisher Elsevier B.V. ;

Product type Article

Synopsis (short abstract) Progressive Control Pathways (PCPs) are stepwise approaches for the reduction, elimination and eradication of human and animal diseases. They provide systematic frameworks for planning and evaluating interventions. Here we outline a PCP for tsetse-transmitted animal trypanosomosis, the scourge of poor livestock keepers in tropical Africa. Initial PCP stages focus on the establishment of national coordination structures, engagement of stakeholders, development of technical capacities, data collec tion and management, and pilot field interventions. The intermediate stage aims at a sustainable and economically profitable reduction of disease burden, while higher stages target elimination. The mixed-record of success and failure in past efforts against AAT makes the development of this PCP a high priority

Open Acess Article. This article is academically peer reviewed and published externally. This article is published in Trends in Parasitology Volume 33, Issue 7, pages 499-509, 2017

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Oumar Diall, Giuliano Cecchi, Gift Wanda, Rafael Argilés-Herrero, Marc J.B. Vreysen, Giovanni Cattoli, Gerrit J. Viljoen, Raffaele Mattioli, Jérémy Bouyer (2017) Developing a Progressive Control Pathway for African Animal Trypanosomosis. Trends in Parasitology. 33:499−509. doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.02.005


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