Human African trypanosomiasis: the current situation in endemic regions and the risks for non-endemic regions from imported cases
| العنوان: | Human African trypanosomiasis: the current situation in endemic regions and the risks for non-endemic regions from imported cases |
|---|---|
| المؤلفون: | Zhong-Dao Wu, De-Hua Lai, Geoff Hide, Jiang-Mei Gao, Zheng-Yu Qian, Zhao-Rong Lun |
| المصدر: | Parasitology |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | sub-Saharan Africa, medicine.medical_specialty, Endemic Diseases, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, 030231 tropical medicine, Review Article, Biology, Positive correlation, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Communicable Diseases, Imported, parasitic diseases, medicine, Humans, African trypanosomiasis, Non endemic, 030212 general & internal medicine, T. b. rhodesiense, Socioeconomics, China, Incidence, Public health, Incidence (epidemiology), Human African trypanosomiasis, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, medicine.disease, Trypanosomiasis, African, Infectious Diseases, non-endemic disease countries, Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology |
| الوصف: | Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Due to effective control programs implemented in the last two decades, the number of reported cases has fallen to a historically low level. Although fewer than 977 cases were reported in 2018 in endemic countries, HAT is still a public health problem in endemic regions until it is completely eliminated. In addition, almost 150 confirmed HAT cases were reported in non-endemic countries in the last three decades. The majority of non-endemic HAT cases were reported in Europe, USA and South Africa, due to historical alliances, economic links or geographic proximity to disease-endemic countries. Furthermore, with the implementation of the ‘Belt and Road’ project, sporadic imported HAT cases have been reported in China as a warning sign of tropical diseases prevention. In this paper, we explore and interpret the data on HAT incidence and find no positive correlation between the number of HAT cases from endemic and non-endemic countries. This data will provide useful information for better understanding the imported cases of HAT globally in the post-elimination phase. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 1469-8161 0031-1820 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b44183fdc8463111d2622607c85da7df https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182020000645 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b44183fdc8463111d2622607c85da7df |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14698161 00311820 |
|---|