Past attempts to alleviate the problems of poor farmers engaged in mixed-crop-livestock production have generally focussed on the design and diffusion of new technologies targeted on specific components of the agroecosystem. Unfortunately, such piece-meal efforts have had little impact in the dev...
Li Pun, H.H.
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Baumgaertner, J.U.
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Greiling, J.
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Gopalan, H.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mares, V.
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McDermott, John J.
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Odiit, M.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa]
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Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa
Komba, E.
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Odiit, M.
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Mbulamberi, D.B.
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Chimfwembe, E.C.
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Nantulya, V.M.
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[Multicentre evaluation of an antigen-detection ELISA for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness]
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Multicentre evaluation of an antigen-detection ELISA for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness
Sleeping sickness is a parasitic, vector-borne disease, carried by the tsetse fly and prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease continues to pose a public health burden in Uganda, which experienced a widespread outbreak in 1900-1920, and a more recent outbreak in 1976-1989. The disease continu...
Berrang Ford, L.
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Odiit, M.
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Maiso, F.
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Waltner-Toews, D.
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McDermott, John J.
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[Sleeping sickness in Uganda: Revisiting current and historical distributions]
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Sleeping sickness in Uganda: Revisiting current and historical distributions
Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis is regarded as the most debilitating livestock disease in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for annual economic losses of over US$1.3 billion. To date, however, all economic impact assessments of trypanosomosis have excluded the public health burden of the disease....
Odiit, M.
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Coleman, P.G.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Magona, J.
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McDermott, John J.
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[Incorporating the burden of human sleeping sickness in an economic impact assessment of trypanosomiasis]
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Incorporating the burden of human sleeping sickness in an economic impact assessment of trypanosomiasis