title: Central point sampling from cattle in livestock markets in areas of human sleeping sickness.
abstract: We present the results of a study to determine the value of central point sampling in cattle markets as a means of estimating the trypanosomiasis (T. brucei s.l.) prevalence in the surrounding landscape in Uganda. We find that in the epidemic area studied, central point sampling is a good predictor of prevalence in surrounding villages, but not in endemic areas. We also find that animals infected with trypanosomiasis are more likely to be brought for sale in livestock markets in endemic areas; we discuss these results in relation to the prevention of the spread of sleeping sickness.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK. Eric.Fevre@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fèvre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tilley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Picozzi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fyfe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Magona
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Eisler
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Welburn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D016833:Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan