@article{fdi:010068724,
  title = {{A} targeted door-to-door strategy for sleeping sickness detection in low-prevalence settings in {C}ote d'{I}voire},
  author = {{K}offi, {M}. and {N}'{D}jetchi, {M}. and {I}lboudo, {H}. and {K}aba, {D}. and {C}oulibaly, {B}. and {N}'{G}ouan, {E}. and {K}ouakou, {L}. and {B}ucheton, {B}runo and {S}olano, {P}hilippe and {C}ourtin, {F}abrice and {E}hrhardt, {S}. and {J}amonneau, {V}incent},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ignificant efforts to control human {A}frican trypanosomiasis ({HAT}) over the three past decades have resulted in drastic reductions of disease prevalence in {C}ote d'{I}voire. {I}n this context, the costly and labor-intensive active mass screening strategy is no longer efficient. {I}n addition to a more cost-effective passive surveillance system being implemented in this low-prevalence context, our aim was to develop an alternative targeted active screening strategy. {I}n 2012, we carried out a targeted door-to-door ({TDD}) survey focused on the immediate vicinities of former {HAT} patients detected in the {HAT} focus of {B}onon and compared the results to those obtained during classical active mass screening ({AMS}) surveys conducted from 2000 to 2012 in the same area. {T}he {TDD} that provides a friendlier environment, inviting inhabitants to participate and gain awareness of the disease, detected significantly more {HAT} cases than the {AMS}. {T}hese results suggest that the {TDD} is an efficient and useful strategy in low-prevalence settings where very localized transmission cycles may persist and, in combination with passive surveillance, could help in eliminating {HAT}.},
  keywords = {{H}uman {A}frican trypanosomiasis ; {T}rypanosoma brucei gambiense ; {D}iagnosis ; {E}limination strategy ; {C}ote d'{I}voire ; {M}edical survey ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasite},
  volume = {23},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 51 [6 p.]},
  ISSN = {1252-607{X}},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1051/parasite/2016059},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068724},
}