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Assembling a geospatial database of tsetse-transmitted animal trypanosomosis for Africa

Year of publication 2014

Author Giuliano Cecchi; Massimo Paone; Udo Feldmann; Marc JB Vreysen; Oumar Diall; Raffaele C Mattioli;Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), or nagana, is widespread within the tsetse-infested belt of sub-Saharan Africa. Although a wealth of information on its occurrence and prevalence is available in the literature, synthesized and harmonized data at the regional and continental scales are lacking. To fill this gap the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Atlas of tsetse and AAT, jointly implemented with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) i n the framework of the Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT).

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