Simarro PP, Cecchi G, Franco JR, Paone M, Fèvre EM, Diarra A, et al.

Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Dec
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110921

Comprehensive georeference records for human African trypanosomiasis in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon were combined with human population layers to estimate a kernel-smoothed relative risk function. Five risk categories were mapped, and ≈3.5 million persons were estimated to be at risk for this disease.

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