Identifying Transmission Cycles at the Human-Animal Interface: The Role of Animal Reservoirs in Maintaining Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

Sebastian Funk; Hiroshi Nishiura; Hans Heesterbeek; W. John Edmunds; Francesco Checchi

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002855

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Identifying Transmission Cycles at the Human-Animal Interface: The Role of Animal Reservoirs in Maintaining Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

Sebastian Funk ,

* E-mail: sf7@princeton.edu

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Hiroshi Nishiura,

Affiliations School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, PRESTO, Japan Science of Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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Hans Heesterbeek,

Affiliation Theoretical Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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W. John Edmunds,

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Francesco Checchi

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Identifying Transmission Cycles at the Human-Animal Interface: The Role of Animal Reservoirs in Maintaining Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

Sebastian Funk,
Hiroshi Nishiura,
Hans Heesterbeek,
W. John Edmunds,
Francesco Checchi

Published: January 17, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002855

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