Risk for human African trypanosomiasis, Central Africa, 2000-2009

Pere P Simarro; Giuliano Cecchi; José R Franco; Massimo Paone; Eric M Fèvre; Abdoulaye Diarra; José Antonio Ruiz Postigo; Raffaele C Mattioli; Jean G Jannin

doi:10.3201/eid1712.110921

Risk for human African trypanosomiasis, Central Africa, 2000-2009

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;17(12):2322-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1712.110921.

Authors

Pere P Simarro¹, Giuliano Cecchi, José R Franco, Massimo Paone, Eric M Fèvre, Abdoulaye Diarra, José Antonio Ruiz Postigo, Raffaele C Mattioli, Jean G Jannin

Affiliation

¹ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. simarrop@who.int

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Africa, Central / epidemiology
Cameroon / epidemiology
Central African Republic / epidemiology
Chad / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
Congo / epidemiology
Equatorial Guinea / epidemiology
Gabon / epidemiology
Humans
Population Surveillance
Risk Factors
Trypanosomiasis, African / epidemiology*
World Health Organization