Life on the edge: tackling Human African Trypanosomiasis on the edge of wilderness areas
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Tsetse flies transmit trypanosomes, microscopic parasites which cause sleeping sickness (Human African Trypanosomiasis or HAT). There is no preventative vaccine or drug for the disease and it is ultimately fatal if left untreated. In eastern and southern Africa, about 12 million people are at risk of Rhodesian HAT, an acute form of the disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.
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ZELS Inauguration Event - Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems: Reducing the Risk to Livestock and People , London, UK
BBSRC, DFID, Dstl, ESRC, MRC and NERC