[Risk evaluation in sleeping sickness: a mathematical contribution].
The concept of "risk" is important in epidemiology but is often used in a confused way for sleeping sickness. Using a rigorous approach resulting from mathematical modelling, new virtual entomological risk indicators and parasitological transmission indexes derived from the basic reproduction rate R0 are proposed and discussed.
Gouteux
J P
JP
IRD, UR GEODES, Laboratoire MAT, Université de Yaoundé I, BP 1857, Yaoundé, Cameroun. jean-paul.gouteux@ird.fr
D000818:Animals; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014347:Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000453:epidemiology*