Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Lucas J. Cunningham; Jessica K. Lingley; Iñaki Tirados; Johan Esterhuizen; Mercy Opiyo; Clement T. N. Mangwiro; Mike J. Lehane; Stephen J. Torr

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007737

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Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Lucas J. Cunningham ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lucas.cunningham@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-4074

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Jessica K. Lingley,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Iñaki Tirados,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Johan Esterhuizen,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Mercy Opiyo,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Global Health, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Maputo, Mozambique
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Clement T. N. Mangwiro,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe
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Mike J. Lehane,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Stephen J. Torr

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Lucas J. Cunningham,
Jessica K. Lingley,
Iñaki Tirados,
Johan Esterhuizen,
Mercy Opiyo,
Clement T. N. Mangwiro,
Mike J. Lehane,
Stephen J. Torr

Published: April 7, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007737

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